EXCURSIONS 



Credit Forks. Take C.P.E. to Credit Forks. Here 

 the Niagara escarpment reaches its maximum 

 height. A section nearly 350 feet high has 

 been exposed by the cutting action of a branch 

 of the Credit river. " From the bed of the 

 creek a slope of red clay extends upwards for 

 approximately half the height of the escarp- 

 ment. Overlying this is an exposure of 

 Medina sandstone, while the top of the cliff 

 furnishes an outcrop of 150 feet of nearly ver- 

 tical limestone of the Niagara formation." 

 Cosens. This is a naturalist's paradise. 



Devil's Den. Reached from Whitby by walking 

 north 1^4 miles, west % mile, north 1^ miles, 

 west 1 mile, north li/4 miles ; or by C.N.R. 



" Dutch Church." See at end of chapter on Geology. 



Etobicoke. Take the King Street West cars to their 

 terminus ; then the Port Credit car to Brown's 

 stop ; go down to the river and walk north. 



Eversley Lake District. The Eversley Lake district 

 contains a number of small lakes belonging to 

 the same group as Lakes Bond and Wilcox. The 

 region possesses great variety of scenery, and 

 the soil, although for the most part excellent 

 for farming, is invaded in many places not only 

 by lakes and small ponds, but often by a con- 

 siderable extent of swampy ground surrounding 

 these Much of this low-lying land consists of 

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