A Study of the Cow Bay Beaches. — By 1). S. McIntosh, 

 B.A., M. Sc, Professor of Geology, Dalhousie University, 

 Halifax, N. S. 



(Read 10 April 191tt) 



Introduction. 

 For many years, the Cow Bay beach has been a summer 

 resort for the residents of Halifax and Dartmouth. The 

 wide expanse of sand and pebbly beach open to the ocean 

 attracts bathers, and the sheltering groves of spruce within 

 a stone's-throw of the sea has become a favourite spot for 

 picnicing parties. 



I"iG. 1. — Location' of Cow Bay. 



A drive of six miles by automobile or carriage over a 

 macadamized road from Dartmouth through Woodside and 

 along the harbour-front to Eastern Passage, followed by 

 that over a less level and less smooth road for four miles is 

 the usual way of reaching the locality which lies a few miles 

 to the East of Halifax harbour. The recently constructed 

 "Halifax and 'Eastern" railroad passes within about a mile of 

 the beach, and will likely have a station near. 



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