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THE MINERAL WATERS OF CANADA. 



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 By H. Pkareth H. Brumell, F.G.S.A. (By permission of the Director of the 



Geological Survey Department.) 



Though many mineral waters of high curative powers are known 

 to occur in Canada, comparatively few of them have been as yet 

 brought to the notice of the general public, the best known being un- 

 doubtedly those obtained from the springs at Wilmot, N.S.; Apohaqui 

 and Havelock, N.B.; St, Leon, Ste. Genevieve and St. Hyacinthe, Que. 

 Caledonia and Winchester Springs, Ont., and Banff, Alta. Regarding 

 these, full particulars will be found in the following pages. 



It is not the intention of the writer to touch in any manner upon 

 therapeutics, but to confine himself in this case to the collection of 

 analyses, which have been gleaned froiTi many sources, including Dr. 

 T. S. Hunt's article on Mineral Waters, constituting Chapter XVIII, 

 Geology of Canada, 1863 ; Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, 1868, by Hy. 

 How ; Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, 1874, by 

 G. E. Walton, M.D.; various articles m the Canadian Naturalist and 

 American Journal of Science, and the reports of the Geological Survey 

 of Canada. The analyses marked thus (a) have been taken from Chap. 

 XVIII, Geology of Canada, 1863. 



Although by no means a complete list, it is considered amply 

 sufficient to illustrate the fact that Canada has within her boundaries 

 an almost endless variety of natural curative waters. 



Mineral Waters in Ontario. 



Alfred, Prescott Co. (a) — A Saline spring occurs on lot 9, range 

 10, of Alfred Township, which is said to contain 14*5 parts of solid 

 matter in 1000 of water; and on lot 10, range 6, of the same township, 

 two springs are said to occur, which yield saline, and somewhat alka- 

 line waters, containing a small proportion of sulphates. These waters 

 all rise from rocks of Cambro-Silurian age. No analyses are avail- 

 able. 



Ancasier, Wentworth Co. (a) — About two miles east of the village 

 of Ancaster is found a saline water, from which an attempt was, many 

 years ago, made to obtain salt. Owing, however, to the low saturation 



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