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Kilometres place it turns to the north-northwest, and 

 continues this direction through Gasland, Pine 

 River, Sclater and Cowan. Beyond Cowan 

 the road turns to the west, following approxim- 

 ately the contour line in front of Duck mountain. 

 This line is here deflected toward the west as 

 a result of the break in the escarpment face 

 caused by the valley of Swan river. 

 210 m. Ethelbert — Altitude 1,126 ft. (338 m.). Be- 



336 km. tween Sifton Junction and Ethelbert, the road 

 gradually ascends the old bed of Lake Agassiz 

 toward the western shore line. In this distance 

 it doubtless crosses a number of the later shore 

 lines of the lake formed during its recession, 

 but in this region they are obscure and not 

 easily recognized. 



The first distinctly marked beach along this 

 line is reached at Ethelbert, just after the road 

 crosses Fork river and enters the town. The 

 elevation here is 1,126 feet (337 m.), so that 

 this shore line is 167 feet (50 m.) above the 

 lake bottom at Sifton. At this same elevation 

 this beach continues south for about 25 miles 

 (40 km.), to a point about west of Dauphin. 

 It stands out as a distinctly marked ridge, 

 and forms the location for a government colo- 

 nization road. At Ethelbert, this road turns 

 to the west for a mile, and then follows another 

 of the benches which will be mentioned later, 

 while this beach is occupied by the railroad 

 between Ethelbert and Pine River. 



At Ethelbert an opportunity is afforded to 

 observe the relation of the beach to the surround- 

 ing country. The railway is here located on the 

 summit of the beach, while the main street of 

 the village is on its eastern flank. An exami- 

 nation of the ditches and excavations along 

 this shore line shows distinctly the sands and 

 gravels of a shore deposit. 



About one mile (i-6 km), to the north of 

 the town a road running toward the east shows 

 very good sections of other lower beaches. 

 The first is about 300 yards, (270 m.), to the 

 east of the track, and the second about a mile 



