16 W.H. Twenhofel — Physiography of Newfoundland. 



points on the west coast of Newfoundland to elevations as great 

 as 75 feet, and at Bell Burns Cove, just south of Table Point, 

 Mr. Thomas House stated that in digging a well* on the edge 

 of the marsh, about one-half mile from the shore and 40-50 

 feet above high tide, he had passed through a bed of "clams." 



Fig. 7. 



Fig. 7. Trout Eiver, south, of Bonne Bay. The 60-75 foot elevated beach 

 and delta are shown with the elevated peneplain in the background. The 

 houses stand on the lowest terrace. Photograph by Charles Schuchert. 



Constructions. — No evidence based on human constructions 

 was seen, nor did anyone appear to have any information lead- 

 ing to any conclusions. It is, however, stated by Dalyf that 

 along the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland the fish stages 

 have had to be lengthened again and again, while among the 

 shoals new passages have had to be sought due to the shoaling 

 of the old. 



Evidence of Submergence. 



Drowned gorges. — St. Barbe Bay, Port Sanders, Bonne Bay, 

 and the Bay of Islands are drowned gorges, the submerged 

 lower courses of once swif tly flowing mountain streams. Each 

 shows all the characters of a river system, — St. Barbe with three 

 main branches and some smaller ones, Port Sanders with two 

 main arms and each with smaller ones, Bonne Bay with three 

 branching arms, and the Bay of Islands with an equal number, 

 each of which fingers out near its head. Each branch of an 



* The inhabitants of some of the villages on the west coast migrate annu- 

 ally to the woods on the edge of the marsh fronting the Long Range in order 

 to escape the winds, hence the well. 



t Daly, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxxviii, p. 261, 1902. 



