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Miles and basal member is composed of congloraierates 



Xilometres. . ,. , ^ /^ i • • 



reposing directly on the Urdovician strata 

 forming the face of the upland. The Carboni- 

 ferous measures dip to the northward, towards 

 the sea at angles of io° to 30°. 



After leaving Piedmont station, the railway 

 for a distance of about i mile (i-6 km.) con- 

 tinues to parallel the north face of the upland but 

 beyond this point, the railway bends and runs 

 towards the coast through a low broken country 

 underlain by the Millstone Grit. A view of the 

 sea is afforded at Merigomish. 



27-8 m. Merigomish Station — Alt. 18 ft. (5-5 m.). 



44-7 km. A short distance west of Merigomish station 

 the railway crosses French river. Numerous 

 exposures of Millstone Grit beds occur along 

 the river. The strata consist largely of red 

 and grey or greenish sandstones and shales 

 with a few very thin coal seams and occasional 

 thin beds of argillaceous limestone. The strata 

 dip in a general way towards the north or west, 

 and are traversed by a series of faults trending 

 east and west. 



From Merigonish the railway runs in a 

 southwestward direction parallel to but about 

 a mile distant from the shore of Merigomish 

 harbour. 



31-2 m. West Merigomish — Alt. 77 ft. (23-5 m.). 



50-2 km. The Millstone Grit strata extend westward 

 past West Merigomish to the border of the 

 area of Productive Coal Measures of the Pictou 

 coal field. 



Beyond West Merigomish station, the railway 

 swings around the head of Merigomish harbour 

 and from the railway a good view is obtainable 

 of the low islands and irregular shores of this 

 indentation of the sea. About 3 miles (4 • 8 km.) 

 beyond West Merigomish the railway crosses 

 the mouth of Pinetree brook. One-half mile 

 (o-8 km.) farther, the railway enters an area 

 occupied by the New Glasgow Conglomerate 

 which forms a ridge extending westward to 

 New Glasgow. These measures consist of red 

 conglomerates with lenticular beds of sandstone; 



