The physical geography of New York state . agaValley into Lake Erienear Dunkirk. Foshay1 accepts thiswork of Carll and pro-poses the name CarllRiver for this ancientpreglacial river. Cham-berlin and Leverett2likewise accept Carllsconclusions, though notagreeing to the pregla-cial Cassadaga show that wellsin the Connewango Val- FIG. 82. Foshays attempt at a reconstruction of ley passed thlOUgh 284,the preglacial drainage of western Pennsyl- o-|^ goQ £QQ^, of driftvania and New York. without reaching rock, showing a deeply drift-filled valley, the continuation ofwhich they placed fur
The physical geography of New York state . agaValley into Lake Erienear Dunkirk. Foshay1 accepts thiswork of Carll and pro-poses the name CarllRiver for this ancientpreglacial river. Cham-berlin and Leverett2likewise accept Carllsconclusions, though notagreeing to the pregla-cial Cassadaga show that wellsin the Connewango Val- FIG. 82. Foshays attempt at a reconstruction of ley passed thlOUgh 284,the preglacial drainage of western Pennsyl- o-|^ goQ £QQ^, of driftvania and New York. without reaching rock, showing a deeply drift-filled valley, the continuation ofwhich they placed further east than the Cassadaga. Theirconclusion is that the preglacial course of the Upper Alle-gheny was into Lake Erie through the Cattaraugus Creek,which enters the lake near the town of Silver Creek(Figs. 83 and 84). Foshay3 shows that this is not the only important changein the direction of the tributaries of the Ohio. Followingthe suggestion of Spencer,4 he studied the region of theBeaver River and has shown that the Lower Allegheny,. i Amer. Journ. Sci., Ser. Ill, XL, 1890, Journ. Sci., Ser. Ill, XLVII, 1894, 247-283. 3 Amer. Journ. Sci., Ser. Ill, XL, 1890, 397-403. 4 Amer. Phil. Soc., XIX, 1881, 300-337. River* of Xetc lark 161 MAP N? 1. PRESENT DRAINAGE SYSTEMS Stale
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