Report on the Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the Forty-ninth Parallel, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains |
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abundant appear arenaceous clay banks beds boulders Butte character colour Coteau Creek Cretaceous deposits diorite Dufferin east eastern edge Eocene escarpment feet felspar flower formation forty-ninth parallel fossils fragments Geological glacial gneiss granite grey Hills horizontal hornblende Huronian ironstone Island July June Kootanie Pass Lake Laurentian layers Lignite Tertiary limestone Line localities matter miles Milk River Missouri N. W. Angle Road nearly North-west northern northward observed occur open prairie Pembina Mountain Pembina River places plains plateau prairie steppe probably Prof Quartzite Red River prairie Red River Valley region resembling Rocky Mountains Roseau Roseau River sand sandstone Saskatchewan schist shale shore Silurian Souris River species specimens strata stream surface Surv swamp Territ thicket thickness Turtle Mountain U. S. Geol upper vicinity western westward White Mud River Winnipeg and N. W. Wood End Wood Mountain yellowish