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Canada -- United States and Ontario -- New York -- Lake -- Ontario

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.91, 24 August 1841-1 September 1841

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/91
Scope and Contents This notebook contains notes by Charles Lyell field and travel notes while in North America and Canada, mentions of Niagara Falls, and the Shores of Lake Ontario and Michigan. Notes are predominantly pencil, some ink, and the index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital...
Dates: 24 August 1841-1 September 1841

Notebook No.102, June 1842- June 1842

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/102
Scope and Contents This red leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Toronto, Ontario; Kingston, Ontario; Gananoque, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Burlington, Vermont. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries, as well as comparisons to other geological phenomena. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index",...
Dates: June 1842- June 1842