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KuSmrtres. higher and still higher ones are visible in the 

 distance. 



28-5 m. Ste Flavie Station— Alt. 266 ft. (81 m.). 



45-8 km. "At Ste. Flavie, the station stands within a few- 

 hundred yards of the upper marine limit, which 

 is marked by an obscure sandy beach in the 

 house lots on a back street southeast of the track. 

 It is 272 feet (82 • 9 m.) above sea level. Beyond, 

 on higher slopes the form and composition of the 

 ground indicate that no submergence has taken 

 place. Between the 272-foot beach and the 

 shore of the St. Lawrence are a number of 

 gravelly beaches. Three miles beyond St. 

 Flavie, the valley of Grand Metis river is crossed. 

 Looking up the valley, high ridges are visible. 

 The flat ground on both sides of the river, here, 

 is the top of an extensive delta, built during the 

 emergence of the coast from the sea. Its 

 altitude, about 260 feet (79 • 2 m.) above sea level, 

 corresponds closely with the altitude of the 

 highest beach at Ste. Flavie. At Priceville, a 

 large lumber town at the falls of the Grand 

 Metis river, within sight of the railway bridge, 

 the delta gravels contain myriads of mussel 

 shells, at an altitude of about 175 feet (53 • 3 m.) ." 

 (Note supplied by J. W. Goldthwait.) 



Beyond the crossing of Grand Metis river, 

 rock cuttings in dark slates occur along the rail- 

 way which, gradually rising, passes along the 

 edge of a steep drop to the low foreland bordering 

 the St. Lawrence. From this section is obtained 

 a last view of the Laurentian highlands on the 

 north side of the St. Lawrence, 30 miles (50 km.) 

 away. 



The railroad finally turns to the east and 

 entering the valley of Little Metis river crosses 

 the band of Sillery and associated strata which 

 has continued uninterruptedly from Levis, 190 

 miles (300 km.) to the southwest and which 

 extends for 165 miles (265 km.) farther to the 

 northeast, to the extremity of Gaspe peninsula. 

 In the extension of this band to the northeast, 

 graptolite-bearing shales of Utica age (Upper 

 Ordovician) are infolded with the older measures. 



