Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 No. 3 



Through arrangements made with the Army Survey Establishment, Department 

 of National Defence, Ottawa, a new national topographic map series on a scale of 2 

 miles to one inch in the unmapped area bounded on the north by latitude 49 degrees, 

 on the south by latitude 48 degrees, on the west by longitude 82 degrees and on the 

 east by longitude 80 degrees was commenced. Four sheets will be published from the 

 planimetric maps produced by the Forest Resources Inventory. The first of these sheets 

 known as the "Timmins" sheet has been published. 



GROUND SURVEYS SECTION 

 Survey instructions were issued for the following surveys: 

 Crown Surveys 



1. Retracement Survey of southern portion of the Township of Skead in the District 

 of Timiskaming. (Survey costs borne by the Department of Mines.) 



2. Continuation of the survey of a baseline extending easterly from the south east 

 corner of the Nipigon Provincial Forest to the boundary between the Districts 

 of Thunder Bay and Algoma to provide ground control for aerial mapping in con- 

 nection with the Forest Inventory Programme. 



3. Retracement survey of certain lines in the Township of Methuen in the County 

 of Peterborough to facilitate surveys of summer resort locations in the vicinity 

 of Oak Lake. 



4. Retracement survey of certain lines in the Township of Baxter in the District of 

 Muskoka to facilitate the surveys of summer resort locations in the vicinity of 

 Six Mile Lake. 



5. To subdivide portions of the Townships of Noble and Jack in the vicinity of 

 Sudbury into town lots as an addition to the Townsite of Gogama. 



6. To subdivide into town lots parts of the Townships of Wabigoon and Redvers in 

 the District of Kenora at the crossing of the Red Lake Highway and the Canadian 

 National Railway. (Kenricia Townsite.) 



7. Retracement survey of the side line between Lots 25 and 26, Concession 4, Town- 

 ship of iNIatawatchan in the County of Renfrew. 



8. Retracement survey of the boundary line between the Townships of Watten and 

 Halkirk and also to run certain control traverses in the District of Rainy River to 

 provide ground control for mapping by aerial photography in connection with 

 the Forest Inventory Programme. 



9. Retracement survey of certain lines in the Township of Methuen in the County 

 of Peterborough to facilitate the survey of summer resort locations in the vicinity 

 of Jack's Lake. 



10. Retracement survey of certain lines in the Township of Harvey in the County of 

 Peterborough to facilitate the surveys of summer resort locations in the vicinity 

 of Mississauga Lake. 



11. Survey of a meridian line extending from the Five Mile Post on the south boundary 

 of the Township of McVittie in the District of Timiskaming to intersect the 

 north boundary thereof. (Survey costs borne by the Improvement District of 

 McGarry.) 



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