^ome d^eolOQical features of tl^e jminne^ 

 jsota ^cajsiDe Station* 



C. W. Hall 



Vancouver Island is so well known to all who 

 may read Postelsia that a description of it is not 

 necessary. Port Renfrew, on its southwestern 

 shore, is a small harbor opening out on the 

 Straits of Fuca. It is the seaport of the Min- 

 nesota Seaside Station. Providence Cove is a 

 beautiful inlet about four miles toward Victoria 

 from Port Renfrew. The geological features of 

 the shore from Port Renfrew to Providence Cove 

 are to be described in this short sketch. 



In the first place, the Straits of Fuca bear 

 strong evidence of having been, until compara- 

 tively recent it me, a river valley of magnificent 

 proportions. Its width of eight to ten miles is 

 exceeded by but few river valleys of the land 

 to-day. Its average maximum depth of 900 to 

 1000 feet from Puget Sound to the sea indicates 

 that in its stage of maturity the stream which 



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