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varj'ing to i mi. at the widest on the 

 west side; the final narrow 2 mi. all 

 sand. All of the dry area, except a 

 small cultivated area is covered with 

 forest, in which are many original 

 trees; in Auvorg Forest is maple, walnut, 

 oak (many species), ash, elm, and 

 conifers, red cedar and white pine. 

 Along the east sand strip are many 

 willows, but most of that area is swept 

 by wind and water, and is bare. 



Cottontail rabbit and red squirrel 

 common; Chipmunk gone; several mice, 

 shrews, and moles (Scalopiis) occur, 

 which are very rare elsewhere in 

 Ontario. 



Leamington Ont., 4 mi. N. W. of base 

 of Point. L. E. & D. R. Ry., and Electric 

 line from Windsor.— IF. E. Saunders. 



*Algonquin Park. (A2.) Located in 

 east-central portion of Ontario. Low 

 rounded hills and ridges, a dissected 

 peneplain; lakes, rivers, peat bogs and 

 marshes. About 1,700,000 acres; transi- 

 tion, mixed forest type, yellow birch, 

 sugar maple, paper birch, red spruce, 

 balsam fir, white pine and red pine; 

 all stages of succession after fire. 

 Beaver, Virginia deer, moose, otter, 

 mink, marten, fisher, muskrat. Fish 

 and game preserve; bird sanctuary. 

 Pembroke, Ontario. 106 mi. east. 

 Grand Trunk Ry. Official headquarters 

 and hotel, Algonquin Park, Ontario.— 

 C. D. H. 



*Quetico Park. (Al.) Located in 

 western Ontario, a continuation in 

 Canada of the Superior National Forest 

 in Minnesota. Low hills and ridges, 

 abundant lakes, ponds and peat bogs. 

 About 1,000,000 acres. Northern conif- 

 erous forest; pine, spruce, balsam fir. 

 All stages of succession after fire. Bea- 

 ver, Virginia deer, moose. Fish and 

 game preserve; bird sanctuary. Wind- 

 igo Station on the Canadian Northern 

 Ry. 12 mi.— C. D. H. 



*Rondeau Park. (B3.) Located in 

 southern Ontario, Kent Co., on Lake 

 Erie. Sand dunes, swamps and marshes. 

 About 5000 acres. A remnant of virgin 

 forest, southern hardwood type. Game 

 preserve and bird sanctuary. Ridge- 



town, Lake Erie and Detroit River Ry. 

 12 mi.— C. D. H. 



*Ni]ngon Forest Reserve. (Al.) 

 The Nipigon Forest Reserve comprises 

 7297 sq. mi. of northern coniferous 

 forest surrounding lake Nipigon, 80 mi. 

 north of Lake Superior. Located on 

 Laurentian plateau. Lake Nipigon 

 (1769 sq. mi. including the islands; 

 852 ft. above sea level) occupies a 

 central depression. Many smaller lakes 

 between the rounded rocky elevations 

 are characteristic of Laurentian country; 

 numerous rivers, usually swift, often 

 with rapids and falls in their courses 

 enter the lake; virgin forest of spruce, 

 balsam fir, poplar, birch with occasional 

 areas of jack pine and tamarack; moose, 

 Virginia deer, caribou (occasionally in 

 winter), black bear, wolverine, fisher, 

 marten, beaver; whitefish, ciscoes (lake 

 herrings), lake trout, speckled trout, 

 pike perch, pike, and sturgeon; the 

 wood frog (Rana cantabrigensis), mink 

 frog (Rana septentrionalis) . 



Canadian National Railwaj^ to village 

 of Orient Baj^, Ont., where accom- 

 modation, including canoes, guides 

 and equipment may be had. — /. R. D. 



*Rondeau Park. (B3.) An area of 

 8 sq. mi. lying between Rondeau Har- 

 bour and Lake Erie contains finest 

 piece of the original deciduous forest of 

 southei'n Ontario including magnificent 

 specimens of species now rare elsewhere 

 such as black walnut, butternut, and 

 sycamore. 



Walk from Ridgetown on Michigan 

 Central and Pere Marquette railways. 



*Nopiming Game Sanctuary. (C3(b).) 

 A small wild-life sanctuary near the 

 town of Arnprior, Ontario. Comprises 

 about 2000 acres of land, situated on 

 south shore of Ottawa River between 

 Madawaska and Mississippi rivers, its 

 southern boundary being the Grand 

 Trunk Railway right-of-way. About one- 

 third is cleared farm land, remainder bush 

 and swamp, bush second-growth mixed 

 hardwoods and softwoods. Two small 

 streams run through swampy "beaver 

 meadows." Ruffed grouse, ducks, beaver. 



Walk from Arnprior. 



