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west £Uid northeast of Flesherton where there was a sharp lobe project- 

 ing south, and it turns sharp angles northeast and east of Gibraltar, the 

 latter angle being located on the edge of the escarpment. A large river 

 flowed southwest along its front and it was this stream that deposited 

 around Flesherton the well known "Artemesia gravels" of Bell and 

 other early writers. This stream entered an arm of glacial Lake Whittle- 

 sey west of Clinton. 



8. The Goderich Moraine. — This moraine first appears on the top 

 of the bluff south of Goderich and runs northeast to the brow of the 

 promontory west of Collingwood. It is a strongly developed moraine 

 and has much influence on the stream courses. It shows a sharper 

 pointed lobe north of Flesherton and turns a sharp angle in two strands 

 at Banks, on the top of the promontory. 



9. The Kincardine Moraine Strands. — Near Kincardine five rather 

 slender moraine ridges terminate on the bluff. They seem like deployed 

 minor strands of a single moraine, but they have not yet been followed 

 inland. 



10. The Port Elgin Moraine. — This moraine begins on the bluff 

 about 10 miles south of Port Elgin and runs northeast to Hepworth, 

 where it turns towards the southeast around the valley of Owen Sound. 

 It is a strong moraine and the north part is very bouldery. A small 

 fragment probably belonging to this moraine lies three miles east of 

 Owen Sound. 



The Moraines of the Lake Erie Ice Lobe. 



The possible relations of the Essex moraine have already been 

 mentioned. The remainder of the moraines of the Erie lobe have not 

 been much studied, excepting the last two in the eastern part of the 

 basin. 



1. The Kingsville Bowlder Belt. — A well marked boulder belt, with 

 occasional very low, stony knolls of till, runs west through Kingsville 

 and Harrow from the hill west of Leamington. It probably marks the 

 course of a waterlaid moraine, but has not been fully worked out. 



2. The Blenheim Moraine. — A well defined moraine passes just south 

 of Taylor and Ridgetown and through Blenheim. Six miles southwest 

 of Blenheim it is cut ofT abruptly at the lake shore, and from this point 

 to Port Alma, a distance of about 10 miles, appears to have been entirely 

 cut away by the modern lake. Running west from Port Alma and curv- 

 ing southwest to the knoll west of Leamington there is a low, flat ridge, 

 hardly visible as a ridge, which seems to be its westward continuation. 

 It is perhaps doubtful as yet whether this moraine may not be of inter- 



