. Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 5(j BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. made water-tiglit the numerous basins formed by the transverse moraines and gravel ridges that existed in these valleys. In this way innumerable lakes were produced, and it became the business of the rivers, as the land emerged from the sea, to unite the various lakes together, to erode the barriers, drain the depressions and restore the river svstems It sometimes happened that these gravel and boulder- clay barriers were so extensive and high that the river was forced to seek a new
. Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. 5(j BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. made water-tiglit the numerous basins formed by the transverse moraines and gravel ridges that existed in these valleys. In this way innumerable lakes were produced, and it became the business of the rivers, as the land emerged from the sea, to unite the various lakes together, to erode the barriers, drain the depressions and restore the river svstems It sometimes happened that these gravel and boulder- clay barriers were so extensive and high that the river was forced to seek a new channel, and usually a rocky one, often removed to a considerable distance from the- one it had occupied before the Glacial period. Such was the case with the St. John, both at Grand Falls and at its present outlet. The conformation of the land between South bay and Pisarinco cove renders it highly probable that this was the course by which the river discliarged its waters into the sea before the Glacial period. The shores are low around l)oth these indentations, and only a few. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Natural History Society of New Brunswick. St. John, N. B. , Natural History Society of New Brunswick
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