Post by 150FromFundy on Aug 12, 2012 7:04:22 GMT -5
Indian Head was one of the stops along our tour of the Gaspe Peninsula. Legend has it that a young native woman was gathering from the shore. When spotted by early European explorers, she was kidnapped and taken to their ship. With tear filled eyes, her lover returned to the shore in search of her and has waited for her ever since.
I don’t see any Indian Head
There he is.
With tear filled eyes.
A pleasant surprise was the beach outcrops of conglomerate. There is a lot of variety in the pebbles and cobbles in this area. Millions of years ago, this cemented material was loose beach rock. It was buried in sediment on the ocean floor and eventually became conglomerate. After a few continental collisions, the conglomerate was up thrust to form mountains. After a few ice ages, the mountains were eroded and left the conglomerate exposed on the beach. The conglomerate is now eroding to once again become loose beach rock. We managed to bag a few agates and jasper from the beaches in this area.
Indian Head Conglomerate
Indian Head Conglomerate
Indian Head Conglomerate
Darryl.
I don’t see any Indian Head
There he is.
With tear filled eyes.
A pleasant surprise was the beach outcrops of conglomerate. There is a lot of variety in the pebbles and cobbles in this area. Millions of years ago, this cemented material was loose beach rock. It was buried in sediment on the ocean floor and eventually became conglomerate. After a few continental collisions, the conglomerate was up thrust to form mountains. After a few ice ages, the mountains were eroded and left the conglomerate exposed on the beach. The conglomerate is now eroding to once again become loose beach rock. We managed to bag a few agates and jasper from the beaches in this area.
Indian Head Conglomerate
Indian Head Conglomerate
Indian Head Conglomerate
Darryl.
