Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . 80miles, lying in a northwest-southeast direction, and its greatest widthis about 35 miles. In 1869 it had, according to Kings survey, an areaof 2,170 square miles, this being the maximum area within historictimes. At the present time it has decreased to approximately thedimensions shown on the Stansbury map of 1850, when it had an areaof about 1,750 square miles, 20 per cent less than in 1869. Its maximumdepth, according to Stansbury, was 36 feet; and the King survey, madeat the time of highest water within recent years, reports a
Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . 80miles, lying in a northwest-southeast direction, and its greatest widthis about 35 miles. In 1869 it had, according to Kings survey, an areaof 2,170 square miles, this being the maximum area within historictimes. At the present time it has decreased to approximately thedimensions shown on the Stansbury map of 1850, when it had an areaof about 1,750 square miles, 20 per cent less than in 1869. Its maximumdepth, according to Stansbury, was 36 feet; and the King survey, madeat the time of highest water within recent years, reports a depth of49 feet. The shrinkage since 1869 has been approximately 10 feet, sothat the maximum depth is not far from 38 or 39 feet at present. Thedeepest water is west of the Promontory, the water east of that penin-sula and Antelope Island being comparatively shoal and graduallybecoming shoaler by the deposit of silt from the rivers. The principal islands are Fremont and Antelope, in line between the EXAMINATION OF WATERS OV ORFAT i,a^ t)A\ 1,0 &*&SALT ***fr ADJACENT COUNTRY EXAMINATION OF WATERS OF GREAT SALT LAKE. 241 Promontory and Oquirrh mountains, and Carrington and Stansburyislands, forming a similar chain farther west. At the present stage ofwaier Stansbury Island is connected with the shore, and AntelopeIsland may be reached with little difficulty by fording. Mud Island,usually known as Little Mountain, now rises from the mud flats northof the Weber, but during the recent high-water stage it was an islandin fact. As is well known, Great Salt Lake is a relic of a great fresh-water orbrackish sea, Lake Bonneville, the history of which in geologic timesis written in the ancient beaches which terrace the mountain sideswhich formed its shores. This lake had its fluctuations in level, risingand falling probably in correlation to fluctuations in meteorologicalconditions, but eventually its surface rose until it stood more than athousand feet above the present le
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