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Currie
Mountain
is
a
pine-clad
hill
on
the
left
bank
of
the
Saint
John
River
five
miles
east
of
Fredericton.
The
mountain
is
a
small
hill
(only
280
feet/85
metres
high)
but
it
rises
rapidly
from
the
Saint
John
river
and
is
separated
from
the
hills
behind
by
a
small
but
steep
valley.
For
many
years
the
property
of
the
Currie
Family,
the
mountain
was
donated
in
1965
to
the
University
of
New
Brunswick
by
Dr
Earl
Turner
on
condition that it remain in its natural state.
Currie
Mountain
is
an
extinct
volcano
and
part
of
a
very
old
volcanic
system.
UNB
Earth
Science
Department
has
classified
Currie
Mountain
as
a
fissure
similar
to
Krafla
volcano
in
Iceland.
It
is
a
vertical
dike
or
volcanic
neck,
a
remnant
of
the
structure
that
fed
a
volcano.
And
it
is
ancient:
it
belongs
to
the
Royal
Road
Basalt
of
the
Mabou
Group,
which
has
been
dated
to
the
Early
Carboniferous,
somewhere
in
the
range
of
320-330 million years ago.
There are three types of volcano: shield, composite, and cinder cone.
Shield
volcanoes
are
so
named
because
the
gently
sloping
sides
resemble
an
ancient
warrior’s
shield.
Famous
examples
of
shield
volcanoes
are
Mauna
Loa,
Hawaii;
Mt
Wrangell,
Alaska;
and
Rangitoto,
New Zealand.
Composite
volcanoes
have
the
steepest
sides
and
usually
have
a
crater
at
the
top.
Mount
Fiji
in
Japan,
Mount
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and Mount St Helens USA are good examples.
Cinder
cone
volcanoes
are
bowl-shaped
and
rarely
rise
above
300
metres
(1,000
ft.)
in
elevation.
Currie
Mountain
falls in this category.
CURRIE MOUNTAIN
(R8x32)
Mary Pugh New Brunswick Collection
1- 8
1s cross RH & cast 1 place, dance ½ Fig of 8 round 2s
9-16
1s
turn
3s
with
nearer
hands
(1s
dancing
between
3s)
&
turn
2s
with
other hand
17-24
1s+3s dance RH across & LH across with 2s
25-32
2s+1s+3s dance reels of 3 on sides (1s giving RSh to 3s to start)