Miles and 

 Kilometres. 



470 • 5 m. 

 762 km. 

 " District 

 E" 



166-5 m. 

 267 km. 



570-5 m. 

 925 km. 

 " District 

 E." 



60-5 m. 

 97-3 km. 

 626 m. 

 1,023 km. 

 "District 

 E." 

 6 m. 

 10 km. 

 643-5 m. 

 1,055 km. 

 "District 

 D." 



232-5 m. 

 347 km. 



160 



St. Lawrence — Hudson Bay divide. Alti- 

 tudei,i22ft.(34i -9m.). Fortymiles(64km.)to the 

 east of Ombabika the railway crosses the height 

 of land between Lake Superior and Hudson 

 bay. The rivers to the east of this watershed 

 all flow into the Albany and Moose, two large 

 rivers, which have their outlet into James bay, 

 the southern extremity of Hudson bay. 



The bed rocks in the vicinity of the height of 

 land belong to the Keewatin complex. The 

 Pleistocene deposits are largely stratified sand, 

 clays and gravel. 



After crossing the height of land the railway 

 enters upon the region underlain by the post- 

 glacial lacustrine deposits of Lake Ojibway 

 which is now generally known as the clay belt 

 of northern Ontario and Quebec. There are 

 many million acres of these lacustrine clays 

 which afford an excellent soil for the growth of 

 wheat and other cereals and a colonization 

 movement to the region has begun. The 

 provincial governments are assisting this move- 

 ment by building numerous trunk roads to en- 

 able the settlers to gain access to their farms. 



Pagwachuan river — Altitude 578 ft. (176 m.). 

 West of the Pagwachuan river there are several 

 outcrops of dark, banded, hornblende-biotite- 

 gneiss containing phenocrysts of red feldspar 

 up to two inches in length. 



Kabinakagami river — Altitude 787-3 ft. 

 (239 -9m.). The railway crosses Kabinakagami 

 river at a rapid formed by a barrier of Lau- 

 rentian gneiss. Similar gneiss can also be seen 

 at the crossing of White, Skunk and Nagagami 

 rivers. 



Hearst — Altitude 795 ft. (242 m.). Hearst, 

 situated two miles west of the crossing of 

 Mattawishquia river, is a divisional point on 

 the Transcontinental railway and the junction 

 point with the Algoma Central railway. The 

 town lies in the midst of a wide area of country 

 possessing an excellent soil for the growth of agri- 

 cultural products. 



