356 On Metallic Minerals. 



NOTES 



ON THE 



LOCALITIES OF METALLIC MINERALS in CANADA. 



NOTE 1. 



The iron establishment in the township of Marmora is 

 situated at the upper end, or north-western extremity of a 

 peninsula, formed by the Bay of Quinte on the south-east, 

 the Moira on the east round by the north, and the Trent 

 on the west and north-west. The mouths of the Trent and 

 Moira, on the Bay of Quinte, are about ten or twelve 

 miles asunder, but in the latitude of the Marmora works, 

 owing to two branches diverging from the main course of 

 their respective rivers and approaching each other, there 

 are only three or four miles of interval between the two 

 waters. That branch alluded to which diverges from the 

 Trent about forty miles from its mouth, is called the 

 Marmora or Crow river, and it is upon the left bank of this 

 river, about nine miles upwards from its junction with the 

 main branch, that the works are situated. 



The Moira river is one succession of rapids and falls, and 

 is the principal seat of the mills in that part of the country. 

 It cannot therefore be looked to as affording any expectation 

 that it will ever be rendered navigable. To render the 

 Trent navigable would not be attended with so much dif- 

 ficulty, but it would still be considerable, for although no 

 falls occur for thirty-five or forty miles from its mouth, 

 there are several rapids and shallows, which would require 

 the construction of locks and dams, and the lowuess of the 



