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shown by the lilHng in and building up of wide beaches in 

 places along the east and north shores and in the formation 

 of sand bars near the end of the Point. 



This country is fairly well timbered except for the open 

 marshy tract although the timber, of which the jack pine 

 predominates, is small and becomes more scattered and scrub- 

 by near the end of the Point. 



Rather extensive areas were burned over several years ago, 

 particularly along the east beach, and these support young 

 scattered trees, mostly aspen, birch and jack pine. Other 

 areas have been burned over recently, the one shaded' on the 

 map was burned at the time we were in the field. Near the 

 base of the Point, near the Shelldrake River, the timber is 

 better with white and Norway pine on the ridges although 

 much of this forest has been lumbered. 



Proceeding south and west from the base of the Point there 

 is a gradual rise to sandy till moraines which run approximate- 

 ly north and south and which join the large moraine belt 

 extending from about Point Iroquois in a northwesterly direc- 

 tion to Grand Alarais. These morainal belts, which support 

 dense hardwood forests, thus isolate in a partial degree the 

 Whitefish Point country with its sand dunes and its predomin- 

 ating conifer forest from the country to the south. 



Our field headquarters were located at the Whitefish Point 

 Post Office, about three miles from the end of the Point and 

 near the north beach. In going there we went first to Sault 

 Sainte Marie, took the Shelldrake Lumber Company's tug to 

 Shelldrake, and from there drove about seven miles by mail 

 stage to the Post Office. This is the most comfortable way to 

 go, although one may save a little time by taking the mail stage 

 from Eckerman on the Sault Sainte Marie R. R. through 

 Emerson and Shelldrake — about a thirty-five mile drive over 



