CUSPATE FORELANDS ALONG THE BAY OF QUINTE. 



table of contents. 



Introduction — The Bay of Quinte, 



Movements of the Waters of the Bay of Quinte. 



Currents. 



Waves. 

 The Forelands and Bars. 



1 . Sand spit below Bogart's dock. 



2. Gravel bars on Picton Bay. 



3. Terrace and bar near Allison's wharf. 



4. Prinyer Cove spit. 



5. Pleasant Point spit. 



6. Fish Point spit. 



7. Amherst bar. 



8. Calf Island loop bar. 



The Origin of the V-Terrace and V-Bar. 

 Conclusion. 



INTRODUCTION THE BAY OF QUINTE. 



The flat-lying limestone regions immediately to the north and 

 east of the east end of Lake Ontario are traversed by a number 

 of deep valleys with graded side slopes on their lower courses. 

 These valleys are probably of preglacial origin, and were carved 

 at a time when the relative altitude of the several parts of the 

 Ontario lowland was different from what it is at present. The 

 partial submergence of a number of these valleys, tributary to 

 one another, has formed the water body known as the Bay of 

 Quinte. This bay extends from near Kingston, at the east end 

 of Lake Ontario, toward the southwest for a distance of over 

 fifty miles,'and nowhere has it a breadth exceeding two miles. 

 A reference to the accompanying general map will show its 

 remarkable zigzag course.^ For purposes of study it may be 



' For a discussion as to the probable origin of this valley see " The Trent River 

 System and the St. Lawrence Outlet," Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 

 Vol. XV. 



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