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latioii, with other theoretic altitudes, which may be guide for future 

 study. Everywhere in the Maritime provinces beneath the theoretic plane 

 the land shows standing-water features. 



Altitudes of the earliest and highest Marine Levels 



Location. 





Observed altitudes. 



Stream valley aud station. 



Defi- 1 Ap- 

 nite. 1 prox. 



Mini 

 mum. 



Saint Croix River Saint Croix 



Pennfield Plain 



Saint Tohn Vallev Saint Jolin 



m5 1 ... 



225 225 

 200 200 

 195 190 



185 1 185 

 400 ... 

 375 ... 

 550 i ... • 



1 

 585 ... 



500 1 ... 



250 



280 



400 



360 



590 

 570 



520 

 475 



290 

 225 

 305 



310 

 340 



... 



Manawagonisli Ridge. 



Ryan Bar, east of city 



Keswicli River Upper Keswick 



Nasliwaak River. . . Cross Creek 



360 



Upper Saint John (iraud Falls 



520 



River. 

 Grand River North of Saint Leonard 



Grosr Brook Millers 





Canaan River New Canaan 





Salmon River Little Forks 





Petitcodiac River Northeast of Moncton . 



Richibucto River Coal Branch 



Barnaby River Rogersville 



190 



250 



300 

 375 



... 



175 



S. W. Mirimichi River. . Boiestown 





N. W. Mirimichi River. . Sevogle 



345 ... 

 315 ... 

 330 





Mirimichi River North of Newcastle . . . 



Nip'siguit Vallev Red Pine 



... 











iVOFJ. SCOTIA 



It appears that the south and east points of the peninsula and the east 

 part of Cape Breton were not submerged, or, if so, the evidences are 

 drowned. There is the lack of any of the ordinary phenomena produced 

 by standing water ; no stream deltas ; no valley fillings ; no wave-work on 

 slopes and headlands. No record of submergence was found at Sydney, 

 North Sydney, Sydney Mines, and Glace Bay, nor any along the coast 

 from Liverpool around to Yarmouth. 



Near the middle of Cape Breton, at Shenacadie station and southwest, 

 along the secluded waters of Saint Andrews Channel, are weak but dis- 

 tinct bars and plains that have been raised a few feet above the reach of 

 the present water. These shore features rise toward the southwest until 



