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"Michigan",
"Thunder Bay Region.",
Highest beds on Thunder Bay are in
the south side of Partridge Point or on Squam
Bay. Here the Senese also outcrops. The
highest Hamilton beds have no fossils but the
shale beds below on the north side of the
point are free of good fossils, aboundig
in Bryozoa, Crinoidea and Brachiopoda.
Stone Point north of Partridge Point
and south of Alpena has lower beds pro-
jecting but a few feet above the lake and
are free of fossils.
Thunder Bay River. Along the south
bank in Alpena in section 28 and 20 the
north are exposed. The highest beds have but
few fossils, but the archelaus limestone abounds
in them. Exposure is to 75 feet.
North Alpena is built on a nearly
level holding many fossils. More exposure
can be seen on the side of the first lake
terrace. Continuing farther are quarries
carbon.