Field Notebook: Quebec 1908
Page 25
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Montmorenci Falls, in the afternoon. Trenton Falls 274 ft. deep Laurentian Trux? ?Jomaine Considerable mud here Out of loose pieces of the Utica shales, a few graptolites, Climacoceps at Smith’s second species. A very soft shale & mud beds dare as black as the Utica of New York. On some layers the surface shows plainly current action like the Potsdam Lingula slabs and in most cases especially the fine sandy layer. The graptolites are all laid one way – point in one direction only. At the top of the Falls is a Hotel Kent House. From here we get a good view across the St. Lawrence to the south side. There as on this side the section is thus