TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



Nntta g'rnttan Jnatitutp nf ^tin\t^ 



SESSION OF 1925-1926 

 (Vol. XVI. Part 4) 



Notes on An Esker in the Interior of Digby County, 

 Nova Scotia. — By D. S. McIntosh, B. A., M. Sc, Pro- 

 fessor of Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N. S. 



(Read 16 November, 1825) 



The guides to the interior of Digby and Annapolis Counties 

 are familiar with a peculiar surface feature — to them, a land- 

 mark. It is well known also to the hunters and trappers, and is 

 termed "The turnpike." The description of it — like to a rail- 

 way embankment' or a turnpike road — seemed to the writer to 

 suit well that of the glacial deposit known as an esker. 



In the autumn of 1924, a visit was made to the locality. 

 Mr. W. Spurr, of the "Colonial Arms" hotel served as efficient 

 guide and companion. The short motor-ride along the Bear 

 River hillside, amid scenery of wonderful beauty, to Bear River 

 town, made a fitting beginning to the trip that promised much 

 of interest and pleasure. A rough road was negotiated up the 

 Bear River valley passing by Indian Path Hill, 625 feet above 

 sea-level. Fourteen miles from "Colonial Arms" at the end of 

 the car road. Lake Jolly lies spread before the observer at an 

 altitude of 510 feet — aneroid. On the shore of the lake is the 

 charred remains of what, a few years ago, was a clothes pin 

 factory; and on the opposite side of the lake was later seen an old 

 road with wooden rails by which timber had been conveyed 

 through the woods. The water of the lake has been raised 

 several feet by the dam built by the Bear River Light and Power 

 Company, and the lower courses of streams entering the lake 



