BULLETIN 



Natural History Society 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



ARTICLE I. 



THE MARSH AND LAKE REGION AT THE HEAD OF 

 CHIGNECTO BAY. 



By George J. Truemax, M. A. 



Read April 2, 1896. 



CONTENTS. 



Geographical Description Page 93 



Surface Geology, " 94 



Marsh Improvements, " 96 



Formation of Lake and Bog " 98 



The Marsh Soil, " 102 



Geographical Description. — The Isthmus of Chignecto is about 

 fifteen miles wide at its narrowest part. Its western shore is washed 

 by the head waters of the Bay of Fundy. This Bay, running up 

 toward the north-east, tapers into Chignecto Bay, which divides into 

 Shepody Bay on the north and into Cumberland Basin, between 

 Cumberland in Nova Scotia and Westmorland in New Brunswick. 

 These two arms of Chignecto Bay are separated by a somewhat boot- 

 shaped piece of land, known as the Meranguin Peninsula. 



Shepody Bay receives the waters of the Petitcodiac and Memram- 

 cook, while the Tantramar, Aulac, Missiguash, La Planche and River 

 Hebert, with the Nappan and Maccan Rivers, flow into Cumberland 

 Basin. 



