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Miometres quarters of a mile (i-2 km.) beyond the St. 

 Croix river, the railway enters a narrow belt 

 of Carboniferous strata consisting of shales, 

 sandstones and conglomerates which are corre- 

 lated with the Horton series. The measures 

 dip towards the north at comparatively low 

 angles. They extend in an east and west 

 direction for about 6 miles (9-6 km.) and are 

 interposed between the Pre-Cambrian Gold- 

 bearing series with its intrusive Devonian 

 granites and the limestone, shale, gypsum, etc., 

 of the Windsor series (Mississippian) flooring 

 the low county to the north. 



39-8 m. Newport Station — Alt. 119 ft. (36-3 m.). 



64-0 km. Newport is situated on the southern boundary 

 of the comparatively low area of Windsor series 

 which extends northwards for about 13 miles 

 (20-9 km.) to the Bay of Minas. Before 

 reaching Newport and after passing it, gypsum 

 cliffs and quarry workings are visible. To the 

 west and southwest is visible the front of the 

 highland underlain by the Devonian granite 

 and the Pre-Cambrian Goldbearing series. This 

 highland rises abruptly from the bordering 

 lowland of Carboniferous measures, to heights 

 of 600 feet to 800 feet (180 m. to 240 m.) 

 above the sea. 



45 -5 m. Windsor — Alt. 26 ft. (7-9 m.). The town of 



73 • 2 km Windsor is situated on the east bank of Avon 

 river where it joins St. Croix river. 



WINDSOR— HORTON. * 



(W. A. Bell.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



The district herewith described borders on repre- 

 sentatives of three main physiographic divisions of the 

 eastern provinces of Canada. These are as follows: 

 (1) the pre-Carboniferous uplands, (2) the Carboniferous 

 lowlands, and (3) the Bay of Fundy or Triassic lowland. 



*See Map — Windsor — Horton Bluff. 



