within a Narrow Area. 



[(;-.) 



Spur Creek Moraine (Z, fig. 3) was pushed well up into 

 the East Sixmile Valley especially along its western 

 side. No traces of bed rock could be found here, out- 

 cropping on the surface, nor did road cuttings, wells, or 



Fig. 9. 



Fig. 9. Stage of the glacial retreat when Moss Creek outflow channel 

 carried glacial drainage. 



the beds of either East Sixmile itself or of any of its 

 tributaries reveal anything but glacial drift. 



It appears probable, therefore, that East Sixmile 

 Creek has been pushed over to the eastern side of its 

 valley by the Spur Creek Moraine. This is further sug- 

 gested by the fact that just after the creek crosses 

 beneath the road at the foot of Cole Hill its direction. 



Am. Jour. Sci.— Fodeth Series, Vol. XLV. No. 267.— March 1918 

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