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11. Spruce Woods Tiviber Reserve — Set apart under same 

 authority as No. 5, 8th January, 1898. Area igo,ooo acres. 



12. Ridhig Moicntain Timber Reserve — Comprises an area of 

 about 1,215,000 acres — under same authority as No. 5, 13th July, 

 1895- 



13. Duck Mountahi Timber Reserve — Set apart provisionally 

 5th Feb., 1902, under same authority as No. 5. Area 840,000 

 acres. 



14. Lake Manitoba West Timber Reserve. — 13th July, 1895, 

 under same authority as No. 5. Area, 159,460 acres. 



15. Northzvestern Manitoba. — Reserved from settlement only. 

 Timber licenses may be granted 24th August, 1900. 



RESERVES UNDER THE CONTROI, OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROV- 

 INCE OF ONTARIO. 



16. Algoyiquin Park. — Set apart by Act of the Ontario Legis- 

 lature of 1893 ^s a national park and forest reservation ; extended 

 in the following year to include an area of 1,109,383 acres. A 

 large proportion of this reserve was and is under timber license. 

 One of its chief functions is as a game preserve. It controls the 

 watershed for a large district. It has been lumbered over for a 

 long time, but contains a large quantity of mature timber. 



17. Eastern Reserve. — In the counties of Addington and 

 Frontenac, set apart under the Forest Reserves Act by Order in 

 Council of April, 1899, comprises about 80,000 acres. Mainly 

 burnt over and cut over lands, pine reproducing itself 



18. Sibley Reserve. — North shore of Lake Superior, set apart 

 under Forest Reserves Act by Order in Council of loth February, 

 1900. Comprises about 45,000 acres. An isolated point grow- 

 ing up with mixed forest, including White Pine, Spruce, etc. 



19. Tefnagami Reserve. — Set apart under Forest Reserves 

 Act by Order in Council of nth January, 1901 — comprises about 

 1,408,000 acres. A magnificent forest of White and Red pine. 

 White and Black spruce, Banksian Pine, Yellow and White 

 birch, Hard Maple, etc. Includes one of the largest bodies of 

 pine still remaining in Ontario. There is estimated to be about 

 5,000,000,000 ft. of pine in the Temagami district. None of this 

 timber is under license but much of it is ready for cutting. Li- 



