This map was one of eleven that were displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Honeyman also used this map during his presentation to the American Philosophical Society in Philladelphia on May 19, 1876.

This map was centrally important to David Honeyman's work on glacial geology in Nova Scotia, and was also used to show visiting geologists with the British Association meeting in 1884.

Glacial Striations at Point Pleasant Park These striations were photographed by the crew of the HMS Challenger during their visit to Halifax in May of 1873.

On Thrumb Shoal off of McNabs Island, Honeyman added the label
* ultima thule of the South East Glacial Transportation of Eastern Canada

The famous Spryfield Rocking Stone is marked on the map, and is connected with a line that connects with glacial striations that are noted on the shore of Chain Lakes. Honeyman is suggesting the potential source of the large glacial erratic.

Syncline and Striations in Halifax

Geology References

Honeyman, D. (1876). Nova Scotian geology - superficial. Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 4(2), 109-122. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/11307

Honeyman, D. (1882). Nova Scotia geology (superficial). Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 5(4), 319-331. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/11370

Honeyman, D. 1889. Glacial boulders of our fisheries and invertebrates, attached and detached. Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 7: 205–213. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/12260

About the Base Map

The base map is a prited nautical chart made by Captain Bayfield and originally published in 1853.