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It is not alone the geological features of the place that are of 

 interest. To the lovers of the wild plants they have long been 

 famous, for in the steep, wooded talus at the foot of the amphi- 

 theaters, in the neighboring ravines and potholes and bare rock 

 surfaces, there have been found more rare ferns than in any other 

 part of the State. The State Botanist says that more than forty 

 species of these ferns grow about and within a few hundred feet 

 of one of the Green Lakes — a record unknown from any other 

 locality in the temperate zone outside of California, and one that 

 it is possible to equal only in some tropical or subtropical countries. 

 The flowering plants are present here, too, in a profusion that is not 

 surpassed by the fern life, and among them are many rarely found 

 elsewhere. 



LOGAN PARK 



Logan Park is situated in the village of Perce on the open gulf 

 coast of Gaspe in the province of Quebec. It was established there 

 to commemorate the service to geologic science through a long life, 

 of Sir William Edmond Logan, founder of the Geological Survey 

 of Canada, who began his official work at this spot. As to the 

 first measures taken to establish this geological park, I may quote 

 the following from the Comptes Rendus of the Twelfth Interna- 

 tional Geological Congress held at Toronto, 1913 : 



L'idee d'eriger a ce moment quelque souvenir convenable a la 

 memoire de Logan a ete suscitee par le Dr John M. Clarke 

 d'Albany, qui, sur Tinvitation speciale du Dr George M. Dawson, 

 avait ete charge de I'etude des formations geologiques de la Pen- 

 insule de Gaspe. Des le debut de ces examens, le Dr Clarke 

 apprit a apprecier le travail geologique de Logan sur ce terrain 

 vierge et a se fier a I'exactitude de la majeure partie de ses con- 

 clusions. La proposition cqurtoise et opportune du Dr Clarke qui 

 etait accompagnee d'une souscription tres importante fut immediate- 

 ment adoptee par le comite executif, qui nomma un sous-comite 

 special compose de MM. A. E. Barlow, president, W. G. Miller, 

 R. W. Brock et A. P. Coleman qui furent a meme, grace aux 

 souscriptions genereuses des geologues canadiens, de mener a bonne 

 fin le pro jet. 



In accordance with the action indicated subscriptions were raised 

 to an amount necessary to provide a suitable bronze commemorative 

 tablet, which was executed from an eflfective design by M. Henri 

 Hebert and was affixed to the wall of a striking boss of limestone 

 which rises in the very heart of the village. At the time the tablet 

 was cast it was decided by the committee in charge to make a 

 duplicate and because of the geographical remoteness of Perce 



