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southern shores. The principal mountain chain is 

 the Long Range, which extends along the western 

 side of the island for nearly its entire length, and has 

 peaks more than 2,000 feet high. Parallel to this, but 

 nearer the coast, is the Cape Anguille range. The 

 peninsula of Avalon is very hilly, but the highest 

 summits do not extend 1,500 feet. 



RIVERS. 



The largest river is the Exploits, which is 200 miles 

 in length, with a drainage area of between 3,000 and 

 4,000 square miles. It has its source in the extreme 

 southwestern angle of the island, and flows in a north- 

 easterly direction through Red Indian Lake, discharg- 

 ing its waters into the Bay of Exploits Notre Dame. 

 The Grand Fall of the Exploits is nineteen miles up 

 the river. The first plunge is fifty feet, the stream 

 being separated on the verge of the precipice by a 

 small island, and at the bottom pent up in a narrow 

 tortuous gorge, hemmed in by craggy cliffs. The 

 valley through which the river flows contains large 

 areas of fertile land, much of which is covered with 

 pine forests containing timber of large size. 



The next river in size is the Humber, which has its 

 source twenty miles inland from Bonne Bay and after 

 a very circuitous route discharges its waters into Deer 



