No. 5.J 



HIND — NORTH-EASTERN LABRADOR. 



271 



The difference between the annual depth of snow which falls 

 in the interior continental Province of Manitoba and the Mari 

 time Provinces of the Dominion, is very marked, but this differ, 

 ence fails to convey a correct idea of the snow fall on the coasts 

 of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic. There is a snow 

 zone there, where the average depth each year does not fall short 

 of ten feet, and sometimes the total fall approaches double that 

 great precipitation of snow, as for instance at Quebec in 1873. 



2. Table showing the amount of Snow -Fall at Stations on Lake 

 Ontario and the St. Lawrence, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 



and the Atlantic Ocean. 



IN INCHES. 



We see that on the Gulf Coast, in the Lower St. Lawrence, 

 and on the Atlantic Coast from Cape Breton northwards, the 

 annual snow fall at some stations, occasionally reached twelve 

 feet in vertical depth of fall as measured in the ordinary way. 

 When settled, as in forests in the spring, it often measures five 

 feet in depth, sometimes six feet," or about half the registered 

 fall. 



If we take the total precipitation for the year for the several 

 statiocs named, it will be observed that geographical position 

 and altitude above the sea, has a great influence, even in a 

 limited area, in determining whether the precipitation takes 

 place in the form of rain or snow, consequently these data are 

 all important in estimating the probable geological effects of 

 snow, when such conditions prevail as to permit it to remain in 

 the form of permanent drifts. 



