Largest
Wetland Losses Between
1955 and 1961
- Approximately
4,095 wetland acres remained;
- Networks
of drainage channels had been dug by hand and mechanical means to create
an outlet to Seven Mile Creek;
- All drainage
networks in the watershed were connected;
- Upper
tributaries are straightened and widened and soon after County Ditch
13 and 24 are constructed;
- Goose
Lake was half of its original size; and
- An outlet to Oak Leaf Lake was created.
See Fox Lake
in 1955, shown at left. (Scroll over map for location).
Between 1955 and 1961, 2,000 acres of wetland were lost; this accounts
for an 50 percent change in just six years. Next