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over the lines of the Canadian Northern railway, following 

 a route considerably north of that traversed in the west- 

 bound journey. 



This route lies towards the northern fringe of the prairie 

 portion of the Great Plains area, through a region whose 

 main geologic and physiographic features are similar to 

 those obtaining in the southern part of the same region, 

 a description of which is given on pages 77 to 99 Guide 

 Book No. 8. 



The points of interest to be seen on this portion of the 

 excursion include: Dinosaurian bone beds at Munson, 

 Alberta; Foraminiferal Cretaceous limestone and the 

 beaches of glacial Lake Agassiz at Pine River, and the 

 fossiliferous Devonian on Lake Winnipegosis, where the 

 fauna is of a distinctly European type. 



ANNOTATED GUIDE 



(Calgary to Munson.) 



Calgary — Altitude 3,425 ft. (1,044 m -)- 

 From Calgary the route of the excursion lies 

 northeastward over an open rolling prairie 

 country to Munson which is situated on a 

 tributary of Red Deer river. 



Munson — Altitude 2,600 ft. (780 m.). Here 

 a short excursion is made to points along Red 

 Deer river, where beds of the Edmonton form- 

 ation, containing Dinosaurian remains, are 

 exposed. 



THE EDMONTON FORMATION ON RED DEER 

 RIVER NEAR MUNSON, ALTA. 



The distance from Munson to the Red Deer along the 

 shortest route is about six and a half miles (10.5 km.) 

 This route is directly west along the road running in an east 

 and west direction through the town. 



Owing to the proximity to Fox coulee and the Red Deer 

 valley, the road crosses several tributary coulees on its 

 way to the river. After crossing the first of these just 

 outside the town, one reaches a summit from which the 

 land slopes very gently to the banks of the Red Deer. 



