Guide books of excursions in Canada1-10 . cover the district lying tothe south-east of the Haliburton sheet. This was accord-ingly done and two maps were prepared; one, the Hali-burton sheet, on a scale of four miles to an inch (2-53 cm.), and the other, embracing the south-easternportion of the Haliburton sheet and the district lyingto the south-east, on a scale of two miles to an inch, (1 -27km. per cm.), which was designated as the Bancroft Haliburton map-sheet embraces an area of 3,45ftsquare miles (8,600 sq. km.); the Bancroft map-sheet1,955 square miles (4,900 sq. km.);
Guide books of excursions in Canada1-10 . cover the district lying tothe south-east of the Haliburton sheet. This was accord-ingly done and two maps were prepared; one, the Hali-burton sheet, on a scale of four miles to an inch (2-53 cm.), and the other, embracing the south-easternportion of the Haliburton sheet and the district lyingto the south-east, on a scale of two miles to an inch, (1 -27km. per cm.), which was designated as the Bancroft Haliburton map-sheet embraces an area of 3,45ftsquare miles (8,600 sq. km.); the Bancroft map-sheet1,955 square miles (4,900 sq. km.); and the two map-sheets together cover 4,200 square miles (10,500 sq. km.)The field and accompanying laboratory work occupieda period of about eight years, the results being embodiedin Memoir No. 6 issued by the Geological Survey ofCanada in 1910. [1.]. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE AREA. The general character of the surface of the area isuniform throughout its entire extent. The country isa great uneven plain which may be called a peneplain,. 12 although this term implies that it has had its origin inlong continued processes of sub-aerial denudation. Inhow far these processes have contributed to the formationof the plain or have been assisted by marine erosion arequestions which remain unanswered. The depressions in the surface of the country giveit a decidedly hilly or rolling appearance, but its characteras a great peneplain is at once recognized when the land-scape is viewed from any of the higher points in the area,when the sky-line will be seen to be flat and even aroundthe whole horizon, its uniformity being rarely interruptedby low monadnocks. It is impossible on this excursionfor the party to visit any of the highest points in the area,but the even character of the skyline to the north andeast will be seen from a point on lot 29, con. IV in thetownship of Glamorgan. But, while the plain appearsvery even, viewed from any one point of outlook, it is notquite horizontal. From t
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