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boniferous limestone have also been mapped by Dr. G. M. Dawson. Coal 
is recorded from several localities, viz.: Bank’s Land, Cape Nares, Mel- 
ville Island, and Bathurst Island. 
The Lawrencian Lowlands and the Interior Continental Plain.— 
There are no Carboniferous rocks as yet detected in Ontario, nor in the 
interior continental plateau of the great North-West. It may not be at 
ali improbable that in the south-western portion of Manitoba, and along 
the international boundary line, borings may reveal Carboniferous strata 
intervening between the Devonian and the Cretaceous. 
The Cordilleran Region.—In the Cascade mountain ranges, along the 
Bow river pass, in the vicinity of Banff, in the Crows Nest and 
Kootenay passes, Carboniferous limestones, holding characteristic marine 
fossils have been traced by Mr. McConnell and other geologists. In 
the Kamloops district Dr. Dawson records the occurrence of the Cache 
Creek formation, consisting of an upper series of limestone and a lower 
one of argillites. Some of the limestones from British Columbia contain 
Fusulina and Loftusia, and other Carboniferous fossil remains. In the 
Atlin and Yukon country limestones referable to this series also occur. 
THE PERMIAN SYSTEM. 
Under the term “ Permian,’ Mr. Hugh Fletcher has included an 
important series of sandstones, shales and conglomerates of Nova Scotia 
in Pictou and Cumberland counties, but no characteristic fossil evidence 
has as yet been obtained to enable us to clearly separate these rocks 
from the Upper or Neo-Carboniferous. It is very possible however 
that the Cape John formation and associated formations may be equiva- 
lent to ‘ Permian’ strata in other portions of North America or Europe. 
Tue TrIAssic SYSTEM. 
The Acadian Region.—Along the east coast of the Bay of Fundy, 
and associated with the traps of Annapolis and King’s counties, an 
extensive series of bright red sandstones occur, which are usually referred 
to the Triassic system. Northeastward along the border of the Basin 
of Minas, as far as Truro, and again covering almost entirely the Chig- 
necto isthmus and adjoining districts of Prince Edward Island, every- 
where maintaining their peculiar soft red lithological character, exten- 
sive series of strata have been referred to this system. These sandstones 
are probably the northern extension of the “Newark series” of New 
Jersey, and of the Southbury area in Connecticut. In New Brunswick 
rocks of this age also appear along the west shores of the Bay of Fundy, 
