WOLFVILLE, N. S. CHURCHILL 163 



Boulder-clay is not very abundant and was probably washed 

 to lower levels. This confused mass of rock rubbish was well 

 washed over by the waters of the Basin when the land stood 

 relatively lower after the final retreat of the ice sheet. 



The glacial striae in this locality are quite numerous on the 

 slates that lie to the south, and show that the ice movement was 

 south ten degrees east. About a half-mile south of Wolfville 

 the hills are terraced, and these have frequently been mistaken 

 for raised beaches. Upon examining these, one will find gravel 

 and loose pebbles, but they lie in confused heaps and are not 

 stratified. Here the boulder-clay is very deep, and these terraces 

 mark the places where the ice dropped its load as it smoothed out 

 the clay during its journey. These terraces are conspicuous bits 

 of topography and are found 200 to 300 feet above sea-level. 



South of Grand Pre the hills are frequently drumlin shaped, 

 having a gentle slope to the north and steeper on their south side. 

 These prettily-rounded hills are carved out of till, and are true 

 monuments of glaciation. 



