DOCUMENTS DESCRIPTIVE OF TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COAST OF LABRADOR AND
OF CONDITIONS IN GENERAL ON THE COAST TOPOGRAPHY OF THE
NORTHEAST COAST OF LABRADOR. BY REGINALD A. DALY, S.D.,
F.R.S.E., CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY. To understand the topography of the Labrador
coast, one may well take a preliminary glance at the geological
history of the region. GENERAL SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY. From Belle
Isle Strait to Ungava Bay the island belt and mainland of
Labrador are almost entirely composed of very ancient rock-
formations. These formations are typical of the Basement Complex
of the North American continent. While some of them have the
features of the so-called Huronian Series of rocks, the larger
part of the coast-belt appears to be still older and to be
“Archean.” Characteristic of such old, pre-Cambrian rocks
throughout the world, is their mountain-structure. So it is
along the whole northeast coast of Labrador. Long ago, namely in
later pre-Cambrian time, the rocks of Labr