45
Divides in the highlands south of Danbury 46
The ancient Still River 47
Departures of Still River from its preglacial channel 48
Suggested courses of Housatonic River 50
Glacial deposits 53
Beaver Brook Swamp 53
Deposits northeast of Danbury 54
Deposits between Beaver Brook Mountain and mouth of Still
River 54
Lakes 55
History of the glacial deposits 56
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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PLATE I View south on the Highland northeast of Neversink Pond 14
II A. View up the valley of Umpog Creek 40
B. View down the valley of Umpog Creek 40
III Limestone plain southwest of Danbury, in which are
situated Lake Kanosha and the Danbury Fair Grounds 44
IV A. View down the Housatonic Valley from a point one-half
mile below Stillriver Station 52
B. Part of the morainal ridge north of Danbury 52
V A. Kames in Still River valley west of Brookfield Junction 54
B. Till ridges on the western border of Still River
valley, south of Brookfield 56
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FIGURE 1. Present drainage of the Danbury region 13
2. Geological map of Still River valley 17
3. Profiles of present and preglacial Rocky River 19
4. Preglacial course of Rocky-Still River 21
5. Diagram showing lowest rock levels in Rocky River
valley 24
6. Course of Still River 29
7. Map of Umpog Swamp and vicinity 39
8. Profiles of rivers
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