The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-06
OFF FOR INTEHLACEEy.
Cauada's Moving Mountain.
THE GLACIER-LIEE PROGRESS OF HUGEyA,
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GPioton Correspondence Toronto Globe
More interesting still, and even grand.
are the famous sand-hanks near yelling
ton bay, on Lake Ontario. They are
reached by beautiful drive 81 ten miles
from PictOn. Apart from the sand-banks
the locality j. such rs should make it one
OF the faNoritc summer resorts on Lake
Ontario. The lake shore near the sand
banks is indented with q succession o. rock
paved bays, whose notwithstanding mar
gins afford rare bathing grounds. East and
West lakes, each five miles long. and the lat
ter dotted with islands. are separated from
Lake Ontario by narrow strips Of beach.
Over the twO-mile-wide isthmus sepa-
rating the little lakes, the sand-bank>.
whose glistcning heights are visible miles
away, are approached. ON near approach
they are hidden 10y the cedar woods till the
roadway in front j. barred by the advancing
bank. 10 avoid which roadway through the
woods has been constructed UP 10 the east
ern end OF the sand-rangc. The .and.lanks
stretch ike 4 crescent along the shore, the
cOncaTc side turned 10 the lake. along
which It leaves pebbly beach. The
length II tue crescent j, over two miles, the
width coo to 5000 or 1000 feet. II the
distant view, or the steep, white front OF
the bank, advancing and Overwhelming the
cedar woods and the grain-tields. is Grand,
the view from the top Of the range il
douhly %; it rival, Niagara.
Clambering up the steep end Of the range
among trees and grapclincs the wooden
summit i gained At an elevation q nearly
80 feet. Passing along the top tie woods
soon disappear, and We emerge on wild
waste 4 deli-a:ely tinted saffron. rising
from the >la'o-coiorcd beach in gentle IN
dulation. and ,leepily falling on the other
side down 90 green pasture and into the
cedar woods. The whole surface o' this
grandly unduiating mountain desert l. rib
bed 10y little Wayelcts few inches apart,
but the general aspect i one Of perfect
smoothnc--. The sand i almost a. tine as
flour. and contain, 10 admiXturc q dust
The foot sinks only an inch or two in walk
lng over il; children roll about on it
and down H. slopes. and. rising, shake
themselYc, till their clothing loses every
trace q sand. Occasionally gusts stream
over the wild waste, raising = dense drnt
10 a height Of q foot or two only, and
streaming like a fringe over the steep
northern edge. Though the sun Is blazing
down on the glistening wilderness, there J.
little sensation ~ heat, for the cool lake
breeze i ever blowing. On the landward
side the in>idiou, approach Of the dcvour-
iur sand i, well marked. one hundred
and dfty feet below. the foo, Of this moving
mountain Is sharply defined against The
vivid green II the pastures. on which the
cras, grows luXurianuy to within an inch
~ the sand wall. The fern, Of the cedar
woods almost droop against the sandy slope.
The roots u the trees are harc along Inc
white edge: foot or two nearer the sand
luri., IA. iect II the ccdarS; lew ysrd,
nearer stu the bar trunk, disappear; SIN
nearer only the Withcrcd topmo>i twigS OF
the submerged forest ar seen. ana tEen
lar over the tree tops stands the sand
ran-e. Perpetual ice is found under INC
loot OF thi, steep slope, the sand covering
and consolidating the SHOWS drhted over
the hill durng the winter months. Iher'
/. something awe-inspirins in the SOW
o1,iet. but rcsistle,s advance OF the noun
tain front. Field and forest alike become
completely submerged. Ten years ago
farmhouse was >wallowcdup. not TO emerge
into the light until the huge sand-waVe M
passed over.