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very little humus. Here the principal timber was pine and other 
conifers. The country in the northern part of the township 
and between concessions I and III was once largely covered 
with deciduous trees. 
Geologically the rock formation of this district belongs to the 
Corniferous period. Outcrops of limestone occur in the bed 
of the river Thames opposite Innerkip. However, very little of 
this limestone was utilized by the aboriginal inhabitants of the 
district, who used waterworn fragments occurring in the drift 
or local gravel beds. 
The river Thames, bordered by high banks in several places, 
forms more than three-fourths of the western boundary of the 
township. Horner creek, having its source in East Zorra to 
the west, enters the township between concessions XI and XII. 
Numerous smaller streams traverse other parts. In the central 
portion there are several small lakes. One or two small dry 
lake beds occur in the eastern part of the township, and these 
no doubt were open lakes at no very remote period. Long, low- 
lying stretches of land between all the lakes and dry beds indi- 
cate that these were formerly connected by streams. Hagey 
lake is the only one surrounded, or partly surrounded by high 
banks. 
Acknowledgments. 
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Having studied the archaeology of this township and partly 
completed a survey and map of the archaeological features of 
the surface in continuance of the survey of Blenheim township 
which I made for the Provincial Museum in 1902, 1 and of my 
studies of other neighbouring townships, I was enabled to com- 
plete this surface survey by locating twenty-three habitation 
sites, four burial sites, and many surface finds in the autumn of 
1912, as archaeological field-worker of the Canadian Geological 
Survey. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness especially to 
Messrs. John, Frederick, and Edwin Mitchell, James E. Hewitt, 
George A. Smith, and James Skillings. 
^Vintemberg, W. J., ‘'Archaeology of Blenheim Township,” Ontario Archaeolo- 
gical Report for 1902, pp. 58-70. 
