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measures also occur in the western part of the Joggins 

 section along the Bay of Fundy coast. The distribution 

 of this group of strata is confined, so far as known, to the 

 general region lying north of the Cobequid Hills which 

 stretch easterly from the Bay of Fundy to not far from 

 New Glsagow, a distance of about lOO miles (i6o km.). 

 In the portion of Nova Scotia north of the Cobequid Hills 

 and the adjacent portion of New Brunswick, and in Prince 

 Edward Island, this thick group of strata of which the New 

 Glasgow Conglomerate in places forms the base, occurs in 

 four distinct basins or areas. One, the Prince Edward 

 Island area, occupies the whole of that island and is sepa- 

 rated by the waters of Northumberland strait from a 

 second which lies on the mainland fronting Prince Edward 

 Island. The second area stretches westerly to the head 

 of the Bay of Fundy, lies partly in New Brunswick, partly 

 in Nova Scotia. It is separated from the two remaining 

 areas by an anticlinal axis of folding running eastward 

 from the head of the Bay of Fundy to Northumberland 

 strait and along which are exposed Carboniferous strata 

 of the age of the Productive Coal Measures and older. 

 The third area fronts on the Bay of Fundy coast, forms the 

 western portion of the famous Joggins section, and extends 

 inland along the north flank of the Cobequid Hills. It is 

 separated from the fourth area by axes of folding along 

 which are exposed older Carboniferous rocks. The fourth 

 area may be named the New Glasgow area. It stretches 

 from New Glasgow westward along the north flank of the 

 Cobequids and northward from the foot of the hills to 

 Northumberland strait. 



This widely extended and thick group of strata of which 

 in certain districts, the New Glasgow Conglomerate forms 

 the natural base, appears everywhere to form a conform- 

 able series and in places, even appears conformable with 

 the Productive Coal Measures. The strata are largely 

 sandstones and because, in certain districts, varieties of a 

 red colour predominate, the earliest geological observers 

 assigned the group in general, to the Triassic. As geolo- 

 gical investigations progressed, the term Triassic was 

 applied only to the supposedly higher members of the 

 group as displayed in Prince Edward Island. Later the 

 application of the term Triassic was restricted to a small 

 portion of the highest beds on Prince Edward Island in 

 which had been found reptilian remains of a supposedly 



