94 Tlic American Geologist. Febmaiy, iwis 
13uluth and Iron Rani^o railroad, and within a mile south- 
eastward, this Mesal)i moraine comprises many hillocks and 
short ridges twenty to forty or fifty feet high. Thence con- 
tinuing northeast, it is represented by characteristic knolly 
and hill) drift deposits and abundant bowlders on the south 
side of the western part of Birch lake in T. 6i N., R. 12 W."* 
Turning southward in the next five miles the moraine con- 
tinues in a slightly north of east direction into the southern 
part of T. 61 N., R. 7 W., lying from two to five miles north of 
the Itasca moraine. For the next fifteen iniles east of T. 61 N.. 
R. 7W., thi.^ moraine has never been definitely located. East- 
ward the moraine occurs in scattering morainic areas. These 
consist of the bowlder ridges and morainic deposits in the 
central part of T. 63 N., R. 4 W., and in the region north of 
Brule lake, between this lake and Poplar lake. South and 
east of Hungry Jack lake T. 64 N., R. i W., along the Grand 
Marais and Rove lake road is a belt of moraine deposit sev- 
eral miles wide. This belt extends northward across the 
east end of Hungry Jack lake and across the international 
boundarx' near the west end of Rove lake. In Ontario this 
belt is represented by a prominent moraine west and north 
of the township of Marks. 
Ver}}nlioii Moraine. This moraine, which was first de- 
scribed by Mr. Upham in 1893,"}" passes from the south shore 
of lake A'ermilion northward to the region north of White 
Iron lake. Beyond this region the drift deposits are not thor- 
oughly explored and on account of their scarcity it is diflfi- 
cult to map the course of this moraine. To the writer it 
seems that the drift deposits observed at the following locali- 
ties determine its position: In the northeastern part of T. 
63 N., R. 10 W,; theeast central part of T. 63 N., R. 8 W.;Sec. 
12, T. 64N., R, 7 W.; Sec. 11, T. 64N., R.6W.: several miles 
northwest of Little Saganaga lake; in the southern part of 
T. 65 N., R. 4W.; on the international boundary several miles 
north of Clunflint lake; and northwest of the township of 
Marks. 
The moraines wdiose courses are thus outlined and indi- 
cated on the accompanying map represent belts of drift quite 
*zi\u\ Ann. Rep. Minn. Geol. Sur.. p. 50. 
t22nd Ann. Rep. Minn. Geol. Sur., p. 51. 
