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Excerpt from Letter From the Acting Secretary of War: Transmitting, With a Letter From the Acting Chief of Engineers, Reports on Examination of Leland and Empire Harbors, Michigan, and Survey of the Latter
North Bar Lake has an area of about 40 acres, is about feet 10 and has a mean Width of about 480 feet. It is separated from La e Michigan by hi h, wooded sand hills. Its outlet at the extreme north end is usua y obstructed by a sand bar, causing the level of the water surface to vary between that of Lake Michigan and about 2 feet above that level. Its banks are abrupt and a depth of 30 feet is said to prevail over at least half its area. At the time of this examination, July 28 to 30, the water surface was about 17} feet above that of Lake Michigan and the width of the bar across the outlet about 30 feet.
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