Some Geological Features of the Minne- 
gota Scaside Station. 
GW. sear 
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 
Siramsot Fuca. It isthe seaportof the Min- 
Nesota seaside Station. Providence,Cove isa 
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 itme, 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 goo to 
tooo feet from Puget Sound to the sea indicates 
that in its stage of maturity the stream which 
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