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D E S C RIPTION O F 1' HE CO U N T R Y 



DALLES OF KETTLE RIVER. 



though the opportunities for obtaining good sections is always best in this country 

 in the cuts exposed by the streams. 



At the Second Falls, the river is also divided by an island, of about two acres in 

 extent. The perpendicular fall is between two and three feet on the left chute, 

 but on the other side there is a "descent of eight to ten feet in as many yards. 

 Occasional exposures of sandstone are seen above the Falls, and eight miles to the 

 northeast, it is exposed in thick beds, fifty to eighty feet high. 



From that point the ridges decline in elevation above the river : three miles further 

 northeast, they were only thirty feet high. The land, too, becomes poorer, and 

 the growth of aspen, pine, and balsam, more stunted ; and about three miles further, 

 the flat, marshy lands commence. 



The furthest point up the valley of Kettle River where the sandstone can be 

 traced, is about twenty miles above the Second Falls, where there is an outcrop of 

 about fifteen feet. Beyond this the country is overspread with drift, and often 

 covered with erratics. These incumbrances, together with the frequent occurrence 

 of tamerack swamps, render the country, towards the head waters of Kettle River, 

 of little value to the agriculturist, and deficient in interest to the geologist. 



In none of the stratified rocks inspected on Kettle River, was I able to find any 

 organic remains, but the pebbly beds resemble those on the Chippewa and Black 

 Rivers, near the base of F. 1. The colour of the rock is usually deeper, varying 

 from a fawn to reddish brown, and is not unfrequently ripple-marked. 



Rash River. — From the examinations of Mr. Meek, to whom was intrusted the 

 explorations of the surveyed townships situated in the Rush River country, I 

 extract the following, in reference to the extent, thickness, and mineral character of 

 the Magnesian Limestone (F. 2) in that district. 



In Township 27 north, Range 16 west, of the 4th Meridian, F. 2 rises to the 

 height of eighty-two feet above the level of Rush River, and is surmounted by 

 twenty feet of white sandstone, F. 2, c. The magnesian limestone, in its upper 



