Sackville River
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The Sackville River is a river in Hants County and Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It empties into Bedford Basin. The Little Sackville River is a tributary.
During the last glaciation the river was much larger.[1] Most of the bedrock in the region of the Bedford basin is sedimentary, but a syncline of harder granite crosses the outlet of the basin. During the last glaciation the Ancient Sackville River eroded a channel along the edge of the hard granite at the outlet of the bedford basin. The river valley of the Ancient Sackville River can be detected in the continental shelf off the coast.[2]
Tributaries
- Little Sackville River
- Tomahawk Run
- Peverill's Brook
Lakes
- McCabe Lake
- Webber Lake
Communities
Coordinates: 44°43′59″N 63°39′57″W / 44.73306°N 63.66583°W{{#coordinates:44|43|59|N|63|39|57|W| |primary |name= }}
See also
References
- ↑ "The Origin of Halifax Harbour". Ministry of Natural Resource. http://www.bedfordbasin.ca/halifaxharbour/origin_halifax_harbour-eng.php#earlyriver. Retrieved 2016-04-26. "The contact of the slate and quartzite with the granite coincides with the location of the ancient Sackville River. It is irregular and rough which suggests that the contact is not related to a fault. The large, erosion-resistant granitic body confined the location of the early river systems to the weaker rocks east of the granite, in the area where the present harbour occurs."
- ↑ "A map of the sediments on the inner Scotian Shelf off Halifax Harbour showing the channel of the Ancient Sackville River". Ministry of Natural Resource. 2007-10-10. http://www.bedfordbasin.ca/halifaxharbour/DVD/fig14-eng.php. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
