SAND BAR STATE PARK

Sand Bar State Park on flat surface of Lamoille River delta. A part of extensive picnic area looking northwest.

THE GEOLOGY OF D.A.R. STATE PARK MT. PHILO STATE FOREST PARK SAND BAR STATE PARK

By HARRY W. DODGE, JR.

VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES G. DOLL, State Geologist

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND PARKS ROBERT B. WILLIAMS, Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES Montpelier, Vermont

1969

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Fig. 1. Index Map.

SANDBAR STATE PARK

MT. PHILO STATE PARK

BUTTON BAY STATE PARK

D.A.R. STATE PARK

LAKE CHAMPLAIN

Milton

Burlington

Shelburne Falls

Hinesburg

Vergennes

Bristol

Port Henry

Champlain Bridge

Middlebury

Crown Point

Shoreham

INDEX MAP

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Fig. 1a. Surface of marine terrace at D.A.R. State Park. Immediately to the left of shelter the land rises to a second terrace.

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Fig. 2. View northwest along park beach. Illustrates dip of rocks toward northwest; strike, northeast.