Report on the Humber Valley and Central Carboniferous Area of the Island

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Excerpt from Report on the Humber Valley and Central Carboniferous Area of the Island: For the Years 1891 and 1892The ascent of the main branch above Deer Lake for some five miles, to where it is joined on the south side by Junction Brook, is quite easy-the river being wide and smooth, with a deep, gently flowing current. The country on either side is very flat and dense ly timbered, the land being all of superior quality. At the mouths of some of the smaller tributaries there are extensive tracts of mag nificent intervale. A mile above Junction Brook the first had rapid occurs upon the river, and from thence to Willow Steady, some two miles further, a succession of low, rocky ledges strike across, causing shallow bars and broken water, many portions also being encumbered with boulders. Willow Steady is a beautiful spot. The broad expanse of smooth water is studded with well wooded islands, the timber being chiefly birch and poplar, while the land on either side of the Steady is level, densely wooded, and the soil exceptionally good. A long interval of some twelve miles of more or less broken water and occasional strong rapids, but with frequent shoal, sandy bars and smooth current, intervenes, be tween Willow and the Upper Steady of the Humber. Low ledges of sandstone, shales, marls, etc., crop out along this section, and at two points produce falls, one of which (the Big Fall) has a jump of ten or twelve feet over a ledge of coarse conglomerate which strikes directly across the river. The entire country along this section is again well wooded, though some of the coarser sand stones coming to the surface produce at times patches of more or less barren land, covered only with a thin soil. In the vicinity of the Big Fall fire has laid bare a very extensive tract of country on either side of the river, but there is a vigorous growth of young timber, chiefly birch, rapidly taking the place of the denuded forest. Four miles above the Big Fall commences the beautiful Upper Steady of the Humber, extending, with little interruption.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.