. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Geology. 288 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. Table VII.—A list of elevations and distances, &g.—Continued. FROM GLYNDON TO SAINT VINCENT OR PEMBINA. Glyiulou Bulfalo River, (grade) Wild Rice River, (grade) Rolette Station Kitt80u Station Red Lake Ri vcr, (grade) Three linndred and forty mile-post Tamarack River, (grade) South Branch, Two Rivers, (grade) Red River bank at Saint Vincent, (opposite Pembina). Height above the sea. Feet. 923 919 910 894 886 862 851 830 815 792 Four of these tables (II, III, IV, V,) give us the elevations of trans- ver
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Geology. 288 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. Table VII.—A list of elevations and distances, &g.—Continued. FROM GLYNDON TO SAINT VINCENT OR PEMBINA. Glyiulou Bulfalo River, (grade) Wild Rice River, (grade) Rolette Station Kitt80u Station Red Lake Ri vcr, (grade) Three linndred and forty mile-post Tamarack River, (grade) South Branch, Two Rivers, (grade) Red River bank at Saint Vincent, (opposite Pembina). Height above the sea. Feet. 923 919 910 894 886 862 851 830 815 792 Four of these tables (II, III, IV, V,) give us the elevations of trans- verse sections almost and in some cases directly along e;ist and west lines, crossing the direction of the leading streams at right angles, enabling us to judge quite correct!}' in regard to the to[)Ogra|)hy so far as it relates to this direction. From Table VII we learn the descent of thS Mississippi River from the ciossing of the Northern Pacific Railroad to Saint Paul, and the descent of Red River from the same line northward to the British Ihie; and by bringing together the elevations on the same meridian from the different lines mentioned in these tables and from the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific lines, we can obtain at least an approximately correct idea of the topograj)hy along north and south lines. Beginning with the north line along the ]S'orthern Pacific road and tracing it westward, we find a somewhat unexpected uniformity of elevation in the timbered district which extends from Lake Superior westward some fifty or sixty miles beyond (west of) the Mississippi River, and as we move farther westward, although, with one material exception, we find the variation to be gradual and generally ascending, yet we shall notice very marked and striking changes in the character of the country traversed. Starting from the surface of Lake Superior at Duluth with an altitude of 600 feet above the sea-level, we rapidly ascend the rugged encircling bluffs, and in a few miles reac
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