NATURAL HISTOKY, TORONTO REGION 



Toronto. For details in regard to them the special 

 guide books prepared for the purpose should be con- 

 sulted. Here it will merely be necessary to outline 

 the possibilities. 



One may visit several geologically interesting 

 localities in Toronto or its vicinity by street-car com- 

 bined with short walks, as follows: 



The Don Valley Brickyard, showing Lorraine 

 shales and glacial and interglacial beds with many 

 fossils, may be reached by taking a Church Street 

 car to Rosedale, and walking a mile, first north along 

 Glen Road, then east on Binscarth Road, where a 

 path leads down to the Don Valley and the brick- 

 yard. 



The Sand and Gravel Pit on Shaw Street, 

 showing crossbedded rive? deposits of interglacial age 

 with mammoth, etc., may be reached by taking a 

 Bloor car northwest to that street. A few minutes' 

 walk to the north brings one to the pit, which is on 

 the west side of the street. 



Toronto Island, showing a modern sand and 

 gravel bar built of materials transported from Scar- 

 borough Heights to the east, may be reached by tak- 

 ing a Yonge Street car to the waterfront on Toronto 

 Bay. Ferries ply to the island a block to the west 

 of Yonge Street. 



Scarborough Heights, showing the finest Pleisto- 

 cene section in Canada, including 355 feet of glacial 

 and interglacial beds, may be visited in two ways: 

 first, by taking a King Street car as far east as pos- 



