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strata occurring at Spicer's Cove at the western end of the 

 Joggins section. It should be stated however that the 

 conglomerates, etc., of Spicer's Cove were held by Fletcher 

 to possibly represent the New Glasgow conglomerate 

 and therefore to be of Permo-Carboniferous age. It 

 is interesting to note here that a somewhat similar 

 thickness of brick red conglomerates, soft sandstones and 

 shales occurs in a belt immediately to the north of the 

 Minudie anticlinorium in New Brunswick seemingly over- 

 lapping the Boss Point beds unconformably, suggesting 

 that these too may represent in part synchronous deposits 

 of the Joggins formation but with the material largely 

 derived from the New Brunswick highlands to the north (?) 

 and west. This is supported, moreover, by the fact that 

 fragments of a very poorly preserved Lepidodendron like 

 that of a species commonly occurring in the Joggins 

 formation have been seen in these rocks. These rocks 

 have been mapped by Ells as Permo-Carboniferous. 



Aside from their importance in the above theoretical 

 consideration, these almost barren red beds are without 

 any special interest. Their softness in comparison with 

 the rocks above and below has resulted in the formation 

 here of a low depression. From any point along this 

 shore, however, may be had an excellent view of the suc- 

 ceeding rocks of the Joggins formation, which are exposed 

 continuously with great regularity of dip (20° + ) for more 

 than 4 miles (6-5 km.) or to the vicinity of Ragged Reef 

 point. On a clear day this view may be extended across 

 the bay into New Brunswick where the monadnock mass 

 of Shepody mountain may be clearly seen, rising con- 

 spicuously above the gently sloping plains of Carboniferous 

 rocks which there form a low foreland 4 miles (6 km.) in 

 breadth, skirting the Caledonian upland. The Carboniferous 

 rocks there exposed belong exclusively to the Windsor and 

 Boss Point formations, and the Cumberland syncline ap- 

 parently curves sharply to the south underneath the waters 

 of Chignecto bay. Even from the Joggins shore, the rocks 

 of the Boss Point formation may be seen to strike uniformly 

 in a westerly direction across to the Maringouin cape, but 

 along the farther shore of the New Brunswick mainland 

 they strike southwesterly about parallel to the coast and 

 dip steeply at angles greater than 45° beneath the bay. 



Shepody mountain itself lies in line with the Minudie 

 anticlinal, which may then be considered as deflected to the 



