AbstractsEarth & Environmental Science

The Truro map-area, Colchester and Hants Counties, Nova Scotia, lies between latitudes 45° 15' and 45° 30' north and longitudes 63° 00' and 63° 30’ west. The area, which covers about 400 square miles, lies in the north central part of the province. The city of Truro, with a population slightly in excess of 12,000, is situated in the approximate centre of the map-sheet. Cobequid Bay, an eastward extension of the Bay of Fundy, divides the western half of the mapped area into north and south parts.