Ontario Sessional Papers, 1913, . he ice from tlie harbour. Still, Sandy Island has an immense ad-vantage over any other point in the length of channel that would have to bedeepened. There is some sand as well as tlie ever present blue clay and thematerial dredged out would materially raise the level about the docks. Thiscould be augmented by the use of a suction dredge in the shoal part of the riveradjoining the island. The break-up and discharge of the ice from a northern river like the iloosepresents a very impressive sight. The impression is not so much of the irresistibleas of t
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1913, . he ice from tlie harbour. Still, Sandy Island has an immense ad-vantage over any other point in the length of channel that would have to bedeepened. There is some sand as well as tlie ever present blue clay and thematerial dredged out would materially raise the level about the docks. Thiscould be augmented by the use of a suction dredge in the shoal part of the riveradjoining the island. The break-up and discharge of the ice from a northern river like the iloosepresents a very impressive sight. The impression is not so much of the irresistibleas of the unexpected. A sense of the former is produced when an immense field ofice is set in motion by the wind, for the working of neither the impelling nor theretarding force is apparent. But this tumbling, piling mass rising now only tosink as quickly, ancl then in a shoaler place to form an immense pile or ridge,keeps one continually guessing where the line of least resistance will next be found. i9i: mVESTIGATIONS AT JAMES BAY 44fe ^Ji<^.
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