Sea- Cliff of the Lower Saint Lawrence. 



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there until it is within a short distance of Itimouski. Near 

 Sacre Coeur station one gets a good view of the old shoreline. 

 On one side is the precipitous sea-cliff over 40 feet high; on 

 the other, a wide, half-submerged shelf, strewn with great 

 bowlders. Just west of Sacre Coeur the cliff has been cut far 

 back into the fissile slate which outcrops in this district, and 

 here it attains its maximum height, about 120 feet. (See fig. 6.) 

 At Itimouski the railway has again ascended to the higher 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 5. The twenty-foot terrace and sea-cliff at Bic. The village stands 

 at the top of the old cliff. A schooner is being built r>n the twenty-foot 

 terrace, in the middle distance. The contrast between the strong sea-cliff at 

 the higher level and the indistinct, marshy beach at the modern high-tide 

 mark is very striking. 



ground, but lies not far from the top of the old sea-cliff. The 

 old cathedral and mission buildings, on the main street of the 

 village, stand close to the foot of the bluff, but well above the 

 reach of high tides. Off-shore are broad mud-flats like those 

 at Bic and Cacouna. The cliffs extend eastward from the 

 village fully two miles, to the pier, in a long graceful curve. 

 In order to reach deep water, even in a favorable situation, 

 the pier runs out nearly half a mile. Although the old cliffs 



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