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ARTICLE I. 
THE HISTORY OF CURRIES MOUNTAIN— AN OLD 
NEW BRUNSWICK VOLCANO. 
Upon the left bank of the St. John river, about five miles 
above Fredericton, is the eminence formerly known as Clark’s, 
and now as Curries Mountain. It has certainly no claim to the 
latter designation, its elevation being quite insignificant, only 
280 feet, but rising somewhat steeply from the river’s bank, and 
separated by a marked depression from the hills in the rear, it 
stands out with some degree of prominence, and is a conspicuous 
feature in the landscape, as from its sides or summit may be 
had a somewhat extensive view of the river valley, and of the 
city in the distance. Along its western slope, near the base, 
between it and the river, run the highway and the Woodstock 
branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway ; and in the construction 
of these the structure of the mountain was to some extent 
revealed ; while in the hills behind, traversed by what is known 
as the “ Back Road,” leading to Rockland, and which attain an 
an elevation (five hundred feet) somewhat exceeding that of 
the mountain itself, are other exposures from the study of which 
information as to the origin and history of the mountain may 
be had. 
Curries Mountain is, in a sense, an old volcano. That is to 
say, it is of volcanic origin. It is true that it is not now possible 
to recognize about it anything of the nature of a crater and it 
may never have possessed one ; but volcanic eruptions do not 
always lead to that result. They may determine outflows along 
extended cracks or fissures. Craters, even if originally present, 
may be obliterated by later flows, by sedimentary deposits or 
By L. W. Bailey, LL. D.. F. R. S. C. 
(Read by Tide, May 4, 1909.) 
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