Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — Measurement of Great Lakes. [ARTICLE]

Measurement of Great Lakes.

The greatest length of Lake Superior is 33d miles; its greatest breadth la 160 miles its mean depth, 688 feet; elevation, 827 feet;, area, 82,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Michigan is 300 miles; its greatest breadth, 108 miles; mean depth, 690 feet; elevation, 506 feet; area, 23,000 square miles. The greatest length of Luke Huron is 300 miles; its greatest breadth,6o miles; mean depth, 600 feet; elevation, 274 feet; area, 20,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Erie is 250 miles; its greatest breadth, 80 miles; mean depth, 84 feet; elevation, 261 feet; era, 6,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Ontario is 180 miles; its gre itest breadth is 65 miles; its mean depth is 500 feet; elevation, 261 feet; area, 6,000 square miles.