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Smtfres (4 8 km -) to the east of tne cit y- Nether the 

 area nor the shore line of the lake has as yet been 

 worked out in any detail. 

 278-7 m. Kamsack — Kamsack marks the crossing of 

 448-4 km. the broad valley of the Assiniboine. The 

 divide between the Assiniboine basin and the 

 river flowing into Lake Dauphin is reached at 

 Shortdale. The wind gap at this point is a 

 result of the piracy of the Valley river. 

 207-4 m. Grand view — -Grand view marks the upper 

 333-7 km. limits of glacial Lake Agassiz. From there to 

 Gilbert Plains the railway crosses the delta 

 deposits formed during the highest stage of the 

 lake. 

 189-4 m - Ashville — Ashville is situated on a well marked 

 304-8 km. beach of glacial Lake Agassiz. Delta deposits 

 of a later date than the above extend from 

 Gilbert Plains to Dauphin. The cuts along 

 Valley river show exposures of the Niobrara 

 formation. 

 177-8 m. Dauphin — Altitude 957 ft. (287 m.). 

 286- 1 km. 



ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



DAUPHIN TO ETHELBERT AND PINE RIVER. 



177-8 m. Dauphin — Altitude 957 ft. (287 m.). Dau- 



286-1 km. phin is a junction point on the line of the 

 Canadian Northern railway from which subsi- 

 diary excursions run northward to Pine River 

 and Lake Winnipegosis. The object of the 

 excursion to Pine River is to examine fora- 

 meniferal Cretaceous limestone, and at the same 

 time to view beaches of glacial Lake Agassiz 

 which are here excellently preserved. At Lake 

 Winnipegosis, Devonian rocks are exposed 

 which in places contain Stringocephalus bartoni, 

 a fossil common in the Devonian of Eurpoe, 

 but only found in America in this locality and in 

 the valley of Mackenzie river. 



1 96 m. Sif ton Junction — Altitude 959 ft. (287 • 7 m.) . 



313-6 km. From Sifton Junction the road takes a north- 

 westerly course as far as Ethelbert, at which 

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