456 THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ. 



to the southwest and S or 10 feet to tlic- northeast. Thence the Emerado 

 shore runs north-nortliwesterly 70 inik^s through Grand Forks and Walsh 

 counties. In sections 20 and 17, Allendale, 9 to 10 miles nortliwest of 

 Reynolds, it l)ears an excellent gravel ridge, which rises 10 feet from its 

 northeast base and 3 to h feet above the surface on the southwest, the land 

 on both sides being till. The elevation of its crest is 898 to 902 feet. 



At Emerado, on the Devils Lake line of the Great Northern Railway, 

 this beach is crossed less than a quarter of a mile east of the station. Its 

 crest is 894 feet above the sea, being 10 feet above the adjacent surface of 

 till on the east ; but within the next mile, both to the southeast and north- 

 Avest, its height is mostly S9r) to 900 feet. Two to 3 miles northwest, in 

 section 20, Mekinock, the crest of the l)each lies at 897 to 900 feet, Avith a 

 descent of 5 to 8 feet eastward and half as much toward the west. 



In sections 33, 32, nnd 29, Gilby, the Emerado beach ridge is mag- 

 nificently developed, passing close west of Beans station, on the Duluth 

 and Manitoba Railroad. The top of the beach has an elevation of 898 to 

 902 feet, Avith descents of a])out 10 feet in IT) or 20 rods east and 3 to 5 

 feet within 10 rods west to very flat expanses of till on each side. Again, 

 in sections 19 and 18, Gilby, it has the same character and elevation; but 

 in the northwest part of section 7 and on the west line of this township, 

 also thence northward 3 miles into section 25, Strabane, there is no beach 

 deposit, its place being taken by an escarpment of till, G to 8 feet high, 

 with its top at 900 to 902 feet. Northward from the northwest part of this 

 section 25, Strabane, the Emerado shore is again marked by the usual 

 ridged deposit of gravel and sand, with its crest very level, varying not 

 more than a foot above or below 901 feet in its extent of about 3 miles to 

 the Forest River. 



Entering Walsh County, the crest of this beach ridge in sections 35 

 and 34, Ops, is still 901 feet above the sea, with descent thence of 6 or 

 7 feet in G rods northeastward and 4 feet in the same distance to the 

 southwest. Through sections 27, 22, 16, 9, and 4, Ops, it also holds very 

 constantly the same character and height, 900 to 902 feet, being a typical 

 ridge of sand and gravel, lying on till. In the east half of section 29, 



