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Miometres slates form a belt about 3 miles (4-9 km.) wide 

 in which the strata strike S.W.-N.E. and are 

 folded along two synclinal axes. 



Shortly after entering the slate belt, the rail- 

 way approaches the head of Long lake and from 

 this point follows northward along the western 

 shore of the lake. The eastern shore of the 

 lake, towards the foot of the lake, forms the 

 western boundary of a granite stock having 

 a diameter of about if miles (2-8 km.). The 

 granite intrusion does not seem to have affected 

 the structure of the surrounding beds of sedi- 

 mentary rocks. 



After passing the foot of Long lake, the rail- 

 way turns easterly and runs parallel with the 

 strike of the strata. The railway passes 

 within sight of the head of Shubenacadie lake 

 and crosses a small stream flowing into the lake. 

 This small stream discharges the waters of a 

 series of four long narrow lakes extending in a 

 southeasterly direction up a narrow valley 

 bounded by low hills rising to heights of between 

 150 feet (45 m.) and 350 feet (100 m.) above the 

 sea. The most southerly of these four lakes 

 is only 92 feet (28 m.) above the sea and distant 

 only 3 miles (4-8 km.) from the Atlantic, being 

 separated by a divide with an altitude of about 

 95 feet (28-9 m.) from a lake draining into 

 Halifax harbour. 



21 -3 m. Wellington Station — Alt. 76 ft. (23-2 m.). 



34-3 km. Beyond Wellington station the railway passes 

 through several rock cuttings in dark slates, 

 and as it approaches the eastern shore of Shu- 

 benacadie lake, enters a wide band of strata of 

 the lower, quartzite division of the Goldbearing 

 division. The strata in this belt are folded 

 into two main anticlinal and a number of 

 subordinate folds. 



23-1 m. Grand Lake Station— Alt. 58 ft. (17-7 m.). 



37-2 km. From this station is visible the high ridge 



(altitude 600 to 750 feet or 180 to 215 m.) 



bounding the Shubenacadie valley on the west. 



For some distance past Grand Lake station, 



the railway follows the shore of Shubenacadie 



