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who remained in the vicinity for some weeks, Mr. Kennedy, in his 

 paper on the "Superficial Geology of the Dundas Valley," has told 

 us that the bay forms the base of the triangle of which the Dundas 

 Valley is formed, and he has almost made us believe that Lake Erie 

 at one time discharged its waters through the Dundas Valley and 

 Burlington Bay, and Mr. Van Wagner, treated us with his views on 

 the formation of Burlington Beach, 



Members of this Association have considered our bay of 

 sufficient importance to occupy a part of three evenings in descrip- 

 tions of it, or disquisitions upon it. 



A fluent writer could say a great deal that would be extremely 

 interesting about it, but as I am neither fluent nor capable of giving 

 a description of its many beauties, I shall confine my remarks to 

 the contents of the bay, and the water which flows into it, and out 

 of it. There are several small streams running into it, but none of 

 large size, and, all nearly or quite dry up during the summer. 



The first is the Waterdown Creek which empties itself into the 

 inlet on the Waterdown road. The next are the Dundas, Ancaster 

 and Chedoke creeks which empty into the Dundas marsh, and 

 reach the bay through Desjardines canal. 



The last stream of any size at all is the Albion Mills creek, 

 which discharges its water at the south-east angle of the bay, 

 passing between the Hamilton Water Works pumping house and the 

 filtering basin. These are the only means of supply, except what 

 flows through the Burlington canal, which is also the only outlet of 

 the bay. As we all know, during spring and fall these creeks convey 

 a large amount of water, and at these seasons there must of necessity 

 be a considerable current flowing out through the canal at the 

 Beach, but during winter and summer there can be but little change 

 in the water. It has been stated that there is always, and at all 

 times, an outward current through the Burlington canal, which did 

 not seem to me to be probable, and to settle the matter as far as 

 possible, I wrote to Capt. Campbell, at Burlington Beach, asking him 

 to give me the facts in the matter, and at the same time telling him 

 that I was anxious to know whether there is a constant " undertow " 

 flowing outward, even when there is a strong current flowing inward 

 at the surface. 



