. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. ^S?^i;^; -^-i;^€ The Canadian Rapids, from the i nree bister Islands. And Prof. Spencer reports that — All attempt to rednce geological time to terms of yearsare most diflficult, but the Niagara River seemed to be aneasy chronometer to read, and yet we see that some utter-ances even this year are vastly farther from the mark thanthose made fifty years ago — the clock had not kept meantime throughout its existence. After this attempt at regu-lating the chronometer, investigators will doubtless carrythe determinations t
. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. ^S?^i;^; -^-i;^€ The Canadian Rapids, from the i nree bister Islands. And Prof. Spencer reports that — All attempt to rednce geological time to terms of yearsare most diflficult, but the Niagara River seemed to be aneasy chronometer to read, and yet we see that some utter-ances even this year are vastly farther from the mark thanthose made fifty years ago — the clock had not kept meantime throughout its existence. After this attempt at regu-lating the chronometer, investigators will doubtless carrythe determinations to greater accuracy, but for the presentI can offer this geological compensation. The Niagaraseems a stepping stone back to the ice age. What is theconnection between the river and the Pleistocene phenomena?The Lake epoch is an after phase of the Glacial period,and Niagara came into existence long subsequent to the commencement of the Lakes. If we take the differentialelevation of the deserted beaches, and treat them as absoluteuplifts in the Niagara district, with the mean rate of ris
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