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A. P. COLEMAN THE LABRADOR ICE-SHEET 



Glacial Features of the Torngats 



That the summits of the Torngat Mountains^ in northeastern Labrador, 

 were not glaciated has been known for many j^ears and has been referred 

 to by Bell, Low, Daly,^ and others. During the summers of 1915 and 

 1916 the present writer studied parts of the region in some detail and 

 made sure that the Labrador ice-sheet never crossed the region of moun- 



W<i A. K Johnston . LiTT^jUed. ZJjjthurffTi S Lonrlniv. 



Figure 1. — Eastern Edge of the Labrador Ice-sheet 

 Driftless area shaded. 



tains and tableland called the Torngats, though the eastern side of the 

 range supported many large local glaciers which carved or deepened the 

 valleys and left behind some magnificent fiords. 



Most work was put upon N"akvak fiord and its surrounding mountains, 

 some of which reach altitudes of 5,000 feet or over. Nakvak fiord itself 



2 Bell : Geol. Survey of Canada, 1882-1884, pp. DD 11-17. 

 Daly: Geol. of northeast coast of Labrador. Bull. Mus. Comp. "Zool., Harvard, vol. 

 xxxviii, 1902. 



