io8 The Ottawa Naturaust. [September 



Geological Survey of Canada. 



Before the union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower 

 Canada, several petitions were sent to the Governor and notices 

 of bills given in the Legislature of Upper Canada for the creation 

 of a Geological Survey. A vote of ;^ 1,500 had been passed in 

 1841, but the selection of a geologist was not made until 1842, 

 when W. E. Logan received the appointment. He arrived in 

 August at the capital, Kingston, but finding the political situation 

 very complex, he made several excursions at his own expense to 

 various localities. A visit was made to Marmora to see the iron 

 mines of that region, and also to Brockville, Kingston Mills, 

 Oliver's Ferry and Perth. The first report of this work of 1842 

 was only preliminary, and was afterwards incorporated in the 

 report of 1843. Private business called him away to England in 

 the autumn, and while there he secured the services of Alexander 

 Murray as assistant. 



1843. 



r>ogan landed at Halifax on May 31st from England. He 

 visited the Joggins on his way to Gasp6 and made a complete 

 section of the rocks there. He next visited Dorchester, Richi- 

 bucto and Mirimichi and examined the coast for fifty miles from 

 Bathurst, and also along the south side of the Bay of Chaleurs 

 from Jacket River to Pockshaw. Then he worked between Cape 

 Rosier and Paspebiac. 



Murray arrived from England in May and called at Kingston, 

 but commenced his work at Toronto by examining the country 

 between the Credit -and Don rivers. Then he went to Lake 

 Simcoe and explored its shores. From Simcoe he went down the 

 Severn River to Lake Huron and along the coast to Coldwater 

 River and as far as Penetanguishene. Returning to the narrows 

 of Lake Simcoe and to Barrie he struck west through Notta- 

 wasaga Township following the Niagara escarpment for a short 

 distance but returned to the Lake Ontario shore, visiting Scar- 

 borough, Pickering and Whitby. Next from Oakville he traced 

 the rocks west through Esquesing and back by Nelson and Tra- 

 falgar Townships. Subsequently he examined the couutry lying 



