141 

 ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



HAILEYBURY TO SWASTIKA, IROQUOIS FALLS JUNCTION AND 



PORCUPINE. 

 Miles and 

 Kilometres. 



107.44 m. Altitude 766 ft. (233 m.). The town of 



173 km. Haileybury has a splendid location on the east- 

 erly slope of a clay ridge, over-looking Lake 

 Temiskaming, an expansion of the Ottawa river 

 which here forms the boundary between the 

 Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. From the 

 railway station to the lake there is a descent of 

 J 75 :t - (53- 2 m 0- The clay, which is finely 

 stratified, is utilized in the manufacture of red 

 brick at Haileybury and New Liskeard. 



One-half mile west of the station is an ex- 

 posure of Silurian limestone (Niagara) which 

 is prolific in fossils. This limestone has been 

 burned for lime, and is also used for road 

 material and building stone. It lies nearly 

 horizontally, and is the youngest compact rock 

 in the area, 

 112.64 m. Altitude 642 ft. (195.6 m.). Leaving 



181. 2 km. Haileybury there is a descent to New Liskeard, 

 which is situated in a valley on Wabi bay. 

 Between the towns are several cuttings on the 

 railway which show the beautifully banded 

 character of the clay. Good exposures of the 

 Temiskaming series are to be seen along the lake 

 shore. Niagara limestone can also be observed 

 in the ridge directly west of the New Liskeard 

 station. New Liskeard lies almost on the south- 

 erly boundary of a farming country, which 

 stretches 35 miles along the railway to 

 Krugerdorf station. This area is entirely drift- 

 covered, while the Pleistocene deposits consist of 

 stratified clay, sand and gravel, considered to 

 have been laid down in lake Ojibway, the last of 

 the glacial lakes. Here and there recent water 

 courses have cut deep valleys in the Pleistocene 

 deposits, but generallv the country has a rather 

 flat or rolling appearance. The high ridge 



