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bein^ stated, but apparently considerable. The nearest shipping" 

 point to this place is the line ot" the Montford Colonization railway 

 near the latter lake. It is also reported as occurring in a small 

 lake on lot 5, range IV, Harrington township, but at present this 

 locality is too far removed from railway communication to be 

 practically available. 



Vaudreuii ^^ ^he seigneury of Vaudreuil, at Point Cavagnol on 

 iTo/"ouawa'''" '^'^^ lower Ottawa, a bed of marl extends over at least 

 R'^'^'^- twenty acres, the thickness being apparently from a 



foot to a foot and a half. It has been locally used to some extent 

 as a fertilizer. Small deposits of excellent marl are also known to 

 Montreal exist in the vicinity of Montreal, as at Thornberry in 



the rear of Montreal mountain, and on the St. Pierre river, 

 between Montreal and Lachine, which are overlaid in part by beds 

 of peat. The extent of these deposits has not yet been definitely 

 determined, but a company for the manufacture of cement has 

 been established at Pointe Claire. 



, r,, In the area east of the St. Lawrence river a small de- 



East of t.ie 



St. Lawrence posit of marl has been long reported as occurring near 

 the foot of Yamaska mountain, near the junction of the road to 

 Granby, with that leading to St. Pie, the thickness of the material 

 being stated to be one foot, and extending over about seven acres. 

 St. Armand In the township of St. Armand on lots 156 and 157, 

 about one mile southeast of Phillipsburgh, it is also found in a 

 small lake with a thickness of seven feet, and extending, as far 

 as known, over thirty to forty acres. This locality is in close proxi- 

 mity to the Phillipsburgh branch railway, and also to the shore of 

 Missisquoi bay, through which the Chambly canal passes. The 

 deposit here rests upon a bed of marine shells. In the township 

 stanstead of Stanstead it also occurs in a small lake bottom on 



lots four and five, ranges X and XI, with an area of 20 acres and 

 a reported thickness in places of ^o to 40 feet. This is within a 

 short distance of the village of Stanstead Plain. 



A small deposit of marl has recently been reported by Mr. 

 Obalski as occurring near the village of Beauport, a few miles east 

 of Quebec city, and also at Lake a la Peinture in the township qf^ 

 Neigette, but the extent of these deposits is not stated. 



