DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1948 71 



DIVISION OF SURVEYS AND ENGINEERING 



The Ontario-Manitoba Boundary Commissioners continued the surve\" of 

 the trial Hne of the most northerh- portion of this boundar\-. 



BaseHnes were surveyed in the Districts of Thunder Ba>- and Cochrane to 

 furnish control for areas being mapped, in connection with the Forest Inventory 

 Project. The work in the Cochrane District was carried out during the winter. 



The following aerial and ground surveys were undertaken during the fiscal 

 \ear ending March 31, 1948. 



Ground Surveys Section 

 Surve\- instructions were issued for the following surveys: — 



Crown Surveys 



1. Surve>' of vSummer Resort Locations fronting on wSouth Tea Lake and 

 Source Lake in Townships of Peck and Canisba>-. 



2. Contour surve\' at the Provincial Government Ranger School in the 

 Township of Ridout. 



3. Retrace certain boundaries in the Township of Hindon. 



4. Retracement survey of the boundaries of the Township of Garrison. 

 (Survey costs borne by the Department of Mines.) 



5. Survey to subdivide a portion of the west half of Lot 15, Concession 3, 

 Township of Wicksteed, for townsite purposes. 



6. Retracement surve>- in the north half of the Township of Skead. (Surve\- 

 costs borne b\- the Department of Mines.) 



7. Tra\-erse of Long Lake, District of Thunder Ba\-, to provide ground 

 control for mapping b>- aerial photograph\- in connection with the Forest 

 Inventory Programme. 



8. Continuation of survc\- (jf the baseline in the District of Cochrane, 

 easterh' from the 29-mile post established the previous \ear, to provide 

 ground control for mapi)ing b\- aerial {photography in connection with 

 the l-'orest In\-entor\- Programme. 



9. Retracement surve\- of the south boundar\- of Sible>- Park in the District 

 of Thunder Ba\'. 



10. .Surve\" of a baseline easterl\- from the southeast corner of the Nipigon 

 Forest Reserve, District of Thunder Ba\- to proN^de ground control for 

 aerial mai)i)ing in connection with the Forest Inventor\- Programme. 



11. Retracement sur\'e\- of the line between Concessions 1 and 2, in the 

 Township of W'ilkie. 



12. Control traverse of section of Lake Talon, District of Nipissing. 



13. Preliminar\- survey of the proposed townsite at the crossing of the Red 

 Lake Highwa\- and the Canadian National Railwa> s, District of Kenora. 



