298 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



I. Geology of the Western Schoodic Waters. 



We started to explore this region August 5th, immediately after 

 returning from the Canada line. We went to Calais, and spent a 

 little time in that vicinity before venturing into the forests. The 

 first three of the lakes, Lewey's, Long and Big lakes, we were 

 enabled to explore in Mr. Sawyer's small steamboat, the Gipsey. 

 This was a very convenient boat for our purposes, since it enabled 

 us to perform our task with great ease and rapidity. On account 

 of the shallow water and the poor road between Big and Grand 

 lakes, we could not use it, though it was offered us, beyond the 

 first three lakes. For the rest we used birch canoes. Our guides 

 were S. W. Haycock of Milltown and B. D. Wyatt of Calais, who 

 accompanied us through both the Schoodic regions, and showed 

 themselves to be skillful and efiicieut pilots. We will not enter 

 upon' the details of the history of our expedition, nor describe 

 what we saw in the order of time, but will describe the region sj^s- 

 tematically. We were obliged to travel twice over the same 

 ground. 



The geology of this region is very simple, so far as the rocks can 

 be seen. Three varieties of rock occupy this area, granite, mica 

 schist and calciferous clay slate. The precise boundaries of these 

 formations it was difficult to ascertain, on account of an immense 

 thickness of the unmodified drift deposits. 



The principal lakes explored by us west of Big, were Pleasant, 

 Junior, Sysladobsis, Pocumpus, Wawbawsoos, and Witteguergua- 

 gum or Grand lake. One of these is not delineated upon the State 

 map, and the rest so incorrectly, that we should despair of making 

 the details intelligible by mere references. These lakes are situ- 

 ated at the corners of three counties, and being in a wild country 

 it is not strange that their topography should be so little known. 

 We had with us three different plans of a portion of this district, 

 and while no two agreed with each other, they were all equally 

 remote from the truth. For the credit of the Washington county 

 map, we will say that its delineations are essentially correct, 

 while the others are very incorrect, and the maps issued since the 

 Washington county one have not even copied the true topography, 

 but have used some inferior authority. We have been compelled 

 to make these comparative estimates of the different maps unwill- 

 ingly, but necessarily that our readers can follow us. For the 

 same reason particular specifications must be given hereafter. 



