326 



Kilometres Leaving Maccan Junction, the railway crosses 



Maccan river and ascends to the top of a 

 broad ridge (altitude 220 feet, or 67 m.)- The 

 dumps of various small collieries may be seen 

 along the railroad line. From the summit of 

 the ridge, the Cobequid hills are visible about 

 15 miles (24 km.) to the south on the opposite 

 side of the open syncline of Permo-Carboni- 

 ferous and Carboniferous strata. 



After crossing the broad ridge, the railway 

 descends to the wide valley of River Hebert. 



7-1 m. River Hebert Station — Alt. 29 ft. (8-8 m.). 



11-4 km. River Hebert station is situated near the 

 southern boundary of the band of Productive 

 Coal Measures and in this neighborhood are 

 several active collieries. From this station the 

 railway ascends the long western slope of River 

 Hebert valley and passes through a gently 

 rolling country (summit level, 191 feet or 

 60-9 m.) to Joggins. 



ii-6m. Joggins Station — Alt. 58 ft. (17-7 m.). 



18 -6 km. 



THE JOGGINS CARBONIFEROUS SECTION.* 



(W. A. Bell.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



The Joggins section, Nova Scotia, is a great pile of 

 Carboniferous rocks which faces to the north on Chig- 

 necto bay, the northern arm of the divided head of the Bay 

 of Fundy. By the work of the powerful Fundy tides, 

 which here rise to heights of 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m.), 

 this section is happily opened to view in a flat, monotonous, 

 waste-mantled region of few rock outcrops. Though 

 lacking in great mineral wealth the majesty of the great 

 thickness of Carboniferous rock exposed, as well as the 

 ancient forests entombed therein, has won for it the homage 

 of geologists. As to its regional importance the Joggins 



•See Map — Logan's section of tiie Carboniferous at Joggins Mines. 



