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Summer Field Trip 2000

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(1) Stop 1: Horton Group - Strathlorne, Ainslie and Windsor Group - Macumber Formations, Canso Canal and Port Hastings Railway Cut (2) Stop 1: Peter Giles Introducing the Geology of the First Stop at the Canso Causeway Swing Bridge at the Canso Canal (3) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastic Geology of the First Stop at the Canso Causeway Swing Bridge at the Canso Canal (4) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastic Geology of the First Stop at the Canso Causeway Swing Bridge at the Canso Canal (5) Stop 1: Scenic View of the Strait of Canso Facing South from Port Hastings. The Strait of Canso Has Well Established Heavy Industry Utilizing the Excellent Shelter and Ice Free Deep Water Access that can Accommodate Vessels Exceeding 250 000 t Adjacent to the Major Sea Lanes of the North Atlantic, Eastern North America and the Gulf of St. Lawrence/St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes
(6) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso (7) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso (8) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso (9) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso (10) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso
(11-12) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso (12) Stop 1: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics and Basal Windsor Group Carbonate Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop at the Port Hastings Railway Cut Section on the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso (13) Stop 2: Participants Examining the Upper Carboniferous Mabou Group Geology at the Stora Enso Railway Cut Sections near Port Hawkesbury (14) Stop 3: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Mabou Group- Hastings Formation Type Section Geology (Fine-grained Mudrocks) at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Section on the Eastern Shore of the strait of Canso near Port Hastings (View to the North) (15) Stop 2 Participants Examining the Upper Carboniferous Mabou Group Geology near the Stora Enso Railway Cut Sections near Port Hawkesbury
(16) Stop 4: Participants Examining the Upper Carboniferous Cumberland Group Geology with Typical Sandstones in a Small Quarry South of Port Hawkesbury (17) Stop 5: Participants Examining the Upper Carboniferous Cumberland Group Geology with Typical Sandstones Along the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso South of Port Hawkesbury and near Port Richmond (18) Stop 5: Participants Examining the Upper Carboniferous Cumberland Group Geology with Typical Sandstones Along the Eastern Shore of the Strait of Canso South of Port Hawkesbury and near Port Richmond (19) Stop 6: Participants Examining the Section of Quaternary Deposits with Abundant Plant Dedris/Buries Forest Overlying Lower Carboniferous Mabou Group Rocks in the River Inhabitants Mackdale/Sugar Camp Area Located Approximately 10 km north of Port Hawkesbury (20) Stop 6: Participants Examining the Section of Quaternary Deposits with Abundant Plant Dedris/Buries Forest Overlying Lower Carboniferous Mabou Group Rocks in the River Inhabitants Mackdale/Sugar Camp Area Located Approximately 10 km north of Port Hawkesbury
(21) Stop 1, Day 2: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group Siliciclastics, Basal Windsor Group (Macumber Formation) Carbonate Ainslie Detachment and Overlying Hastings Formation (Mabou Group) Geology at the Nearly Continuously Exposed Stop Near Bellefontaine on the Western Shore of the Strait of Canso Northwest of Aulds Cove and the Canso Causeway (22) Stop 2, Day 2: Participants Examining the Lower Carboniferous Windsor Group (Macumber Formation) Carbonate, Ainslie Detachment and Overlying Hastings Formation (Mabou Group) Geology at Cape Jack on the Southern Shore of St. Georges Bay, 13 km Northwest of Aulds Cove and the Canso Causeway (23) Sunrise on the Canso Causeway with Cape Porcupine and the Martin Marietta, Aggregate Super Quarry Operation