No. 3 



Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 





1900 



Water pails and hand equipment only 



for fire suppression. 



1950 



Mechanical fire pumps, hand fire pumps, 

 pulaskis and other more modern equip- 

 ment noiv used to fight fires. 





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1900 \>^' 



Land agents dealt with land matters on 

 the field while often working part time 

 at other jobs. No liaison between them 

 and Crown officers. 



1900 



Passenger pigeon nearly all gone; On- 

 tario just finishing off its wild turkeys 

 and bob-white quail, the featured game 

 bird of the settled area. 



1950 



Land administration responsibility of 

 trained personnel in 22 District offices 

 with proper liaison bet'ween all branches 

 of the Department in the field. 



1950 



Passenger pigeon gone; wild turkey gone 

 except for a small colony established in 

 1949 by release of imported birds; bob- 

 ' white quail rare and season closed; 

 featured game in southern area the 

 ring-necked pheasant. 



1900 



Woodland caribou abundant in Northern 

 Ontario, moose just beginning to pene- 

 trate many areas and deer unknown in 

 the greater part of northern Ontario. 



1950 



Caribou nearly extinct, moose in many 

 areas scarce. Deer now penetrating to 

 all parts and abundance in many. 



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