THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN LABRADOK. 9 



Port Burwell is situated on the island of which Cape 

 Chidley is the northeastern point. , This island is sepa- 

 rated from the mainland by McLelan's Strait. " Nu- 

 naingok is situated on an alluvial flat, extending between 

 the two branches of the strait. The hill which rises 

 steeply on the south side of it is about 700 feet high ; but 

 farther in, between the branches and on either side of 

 them, the mountains are from 1,500 to 2,500 feet high, 

 and have ragged tops and sides" (Bell, p. 19 DD). 



In his report for 1885 Professor Bell gives no additional 

 measurements of mountains, but observes : " The moun- 

 tains everywhere in this vicinity [Nachvak InletJ give 

 evidence of long-continued atmospheric decay. The an- 

 nual precipitation at the present time is not great, other- 

 wise small glaciers would probably form among these 

 mountains, which lie between latitudes 58° and 60°, and 

 which overlook a sea bearing field-ice for half the year, 

 and from which bergs are never absent. Patches of snow, 

 however, remain throughout the summer in shaded parts 

 of the slopes and on the highest summits, which range 

 from 4,000 to 6,000 feet above the ocean." * Raised 

 beaches were observed on both sides of Nachvak Inlet. 



South of the region visited by Professor Bell are the 

 two mountains of Kaumajet and Kiglapeit, both of which 

 are put at an elevation of 4,000 feet on Rev. L. T. 

 Reichel's map. Of these the former constitutes a penin- 

 sula, off which lies the island of which Cape Mugford is 

 the eastern promontory ; while Kiglapeit forms the great 

 headland lying between Nain and Okkak in latitude 

 about 57°, and of which Port Manvers is one of the in- 

 deiitations. 



*Ann. Rep, Geol. Surv. Canada, New Ser., vol. i., 1885, p. 8 DD, 1886. 



