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the subject of this study. It is the only sand dune noted on the 

 island. The area is located some 5 miles from the crest of the up- 

 land and is fully exposed on its western side to the terrific northwest 



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Fig. I. — Cape Breton Island: Atlantic upland represented by dark shading; 

 sloping marginal strip of lowland in light; Aspy Bay indicated by arrow. 



winds, as well as to the cutting action of the outrunning tides from 

 South Pond. The sand spit juts out to the southeast from a rocky 

 upland reaching a total length of approximately § mile, with a 

 maximum width at the present time of less than 650 ft., and with a 



