ISG 'I'HK K'H A(;K I\ CANADA. 



innuy irreuuliir t'oriiis hy motk'i'ii subaerial causes nf 

 (leinidalioii, ami also liy landslips: wiiiidi lasl jiavc hecii in 

 ])art conni't'Lcil with the cartlKiiiakc shocks wiih whidi 

 this part of the coast has hccii Nisiled more than any 

 other district of Canada. 



Above I.es Klioulcmenis, hay St. I'aul ]ircsenls features 

 similar to those of Murray bay, and then the Laiirentian 

 land of cape Tourment comes boldly forward lo the shore 

 of the river. Above this the comliiioir< are sinnlar to 

 those observed in the iiei^i;hbourh(»od of <^)uebee. 



VII. — Lu/irr St. Latrrcint . — Sonlh Side 



The lieport of the (leolou-ical Survey of ("ana<la (lS(j:l) 

 includes all thai is yet known of the rieist(»eene 

 formations at ()as[)('\ and thence upward to Trois I'istoi.'s. 

 According to this Keport, the boulder-clay and o\"erlying 

 .sands and uravels are extensively spread over the [leninsula 

 t)f (ras[>('. ( )n the ^TagdabMi river they lia\e been traced 

 up to a heiu'ht of 1,000 feet above the sea, thouuh marine 

 shells are not recorded at this great height. Terraces 

 occur at various elevatioirs, and in one of the lower at 

 port Daniel, only lifteen feet above the sea, marine sliells 

 occur. On tlu' coast westward of cajie Rosier, tei'races 

 occur at many places, and of dillerent heights, and marine 

 shells ha\e been found ninety feet above the sea. 1 have 

 not had o])portunities to examine these deposits to the 

 eastward of the i)lace next to be mentionetl. 



Trols ri^tulcs. — At this ])lace one of the most complete 

 and instructive sections of the Pleistocene in Canada 

 has been exposed by the deep ravine of the river, and by 

 the ciitting.s for the Intercolonial llailway. The most 

 important terracr; at the mouth of the Trois I'istoles 

 river, that in which the railway cutting has been made, is 



