APPENDIX — MEAN SEA LEVEL AT ST. JOHN. 79 



A detailed statement of levels from St. John to Shediac is given 

 in Report of the Railway Commissioners of New Brunswick, 1859, 

 pp. 84-88. 



Mr. A. L. Light, Chief Engineer of the European & North American 

 Railway, reported, on the 2nd Feb., 1859 : " It will be observed that 

 the level of the rails on Shediac wharf is 6.70 below high water at 

 St. John, and the level of high tide at the latter place is 10.70 feet 

 above that at Shediac Harbour." 



On the close of the exploratory survey for the Intercolonial Railway, 

 made in 1864, Sandford Fleming reports that the various levels were 

 found to be relatively as follows : 



First Datum. 



Restigouche to Green River; then to Toledi and Rimouski waters; 

 thence to River Trois Pistoles; also from the Restigouche to the 

 Tobique; thence to Nashwaak and to Keswick Summit — said to 

 be high water on the Miramichi 84.81 



Second Datum. 



From a point five miles up Keswick valley to Keswick Summit; also 



from the same point past Fredericton to Little River.. . 101.81 



Third Datum. 

 On this datum levels were carried from Little River to Coal Creek 58.08 



European and North American (now I. C. R. ) Pvailway Datum. 



Fourth Datum. 



Said to be 100 feet under high water on Bay of Fund} 7 , at St. John City, 0.00 



The datum for Nova Scotia is low water at Parrsboro, on the Basin of 

 Minas. 



The datum for the Matapedia survey is high water above Campbellton on 

 Bay Chaleur, and on the River St. Lawrence at St. Flavie. 



High water, River St. Lawrence, at Trois Pistoles 70.00 



