Excerpt from Discovery of the Preglacial Outlet of the Basin of Lake Erie Into That of Lake Ontario: With Notes on the Origin of Our Lower Great Lakes Westward of Ancaster; a basin occupying a hundred square miles, where the drift is found te a great depth, forms the western extension of the Dundas valley. With the north-western and western portions of this drift filled area the upper portion of the Grand fiver and Neith's creek were formerly connected. The Grand rivex', from Brantford to Seneca, runs near the southern boundary of this basin, th on it enters its old valley, which extends from Seneca to Cayuga, with a breadth of two miles, and a depth, in modern times. Of seventy -five feet, having its bed but a few feet above the surface of Lake Erie. Near Cayuga, the deepest portion of the river bed is below the level of Lake Erie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.