Chapter 4The journal would not have made any sense to me had I not already read through the bulk of Maurice Sullivan’s research on limestone, along with the conference proceedings all of these professors were heading to before their untimely end. All had been academics devoted to the life sciences, mostly geography and geology, but with a specialty in the area known as the Canadian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau. In effect, it was a long stretch of Canada (and into the northern US) where the rocks were special. Mining was prevalent, and so were numerous geologic studies. Kingston was part of that Canadian Shield, and in particular, it was known for its limestone deposits and numerous caves. Those caves were what Maurice Sullivan had devoted most of his life to, and from what I could tell
