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I turned back at "Fault Lake", 128
560' above the sea, 2 1/2 -3 miles from the
house. This lake or pond is in a depression
in one of the numerous fault zones
that traverse this region and is much
deep than others in the vicinity, there
being apparently 10-12' or more of water
along southern side. Fall Creek has
cut a pretty little gorge through the
diabase & down to the sea, descending
fully 500 feet in less than a half mile.
Frost work has greatly aided the
task of breaking down the rocks,-
it is a mighty force in the Arctic.
Etc called my attention to a place
in the side of the gorge where water wh.
this spring
had been imprisoned in the gravel
there forming the bank until it
had acquired force enough to burst
through in a temporary torrent had