13 

 TORONTO TO SUDBURY. 



Between Toronto and Sudbury the route of Excursion 

 C i follows that of A 3, a description of which is con- 

 tained in Guide Book No. 6. The nickel-copper deposits 

 of Sudbury are described in the same guide book. 



SUDBURY TO CARTIER. 



BY 



A. P. Coleman. 

 ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



Miles and 

 Kilometres. 



o m. Sudbury — Altitude 850 ft. (260 m.). From 



o km. Sudbury the main line of the Canadian Pacific 



railway ascends through hills of arkose, quart- 

 zite, greenstone and granite to the margin 

 of the nickel-bearing eruptive sheet at Murray 

 mine (Alt. 992 ft.,) (302-3 m.), where the gossan 

 covering the nickel ore of the mine is widespread. 

 The old smelter, now in ruins, stands just 

 to the south of the railway. From this point 

 the line descends toward Azilda, passing for 

 two or three miles (3-2 or 4-8 km.) over gray 

 norite, the nickel-bearing rock, which insensibly 

 passes into flesh-colored micro-pegmatite ending 

 on a hill a little to the west of Azilda. White- 

 water lake may be seen to the south. 

 7 m. Azilda — Altitude 881 ft. (268-5 m -)- From 



11 km. Azilda the route leads westward for 14 miles 

 (12-5 km.) through a flat plain of stratified 

 clay formed in old Lake Algonquin. Above 

 the plain rise a few dome shaped hills of gray 

 Upper Huronian sandstone at Chelmsford and 

 Larchwood. The railway crosses Vermilion 

 river at the latter point. 

 21 m. Larchwood — Altitude 868 ft. (264-5 m -)- 



33 • 7 km. From Larchwood westward the road begins 

 to ascend once more over delta sands and 



