Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1950 



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Table No. 20 

 JUNIOR FOREST RANGERS 

 During the summer of 1949, Junior Rangers were distributed as follows: 



DISTRICT NUMF 



Algonquin 40 



Cochrane 25 



Gogama 10 



Kapuskasing 10 



North Bay 26 



Parry Sound — 1° 



Quinte 19 



Sault Ste. Marie 22 



Sudbury 26 



Temiskaming 28 



Trent 12 



Total - 237 



The following is a brief report of operations during the summer of 1949: 



LOCATION of camps 



1 mile south of 

 Murchison cabin on 

 W.H. Ranger, 

 Crosslake 



East Branch of 



Night Hawk River 



in Langmuir Twp. 



Mouth of Lightning 



River in Lamplugh 



Twp. 



Menapia Twp. near 



Deputy 



Headquarters. 



Ronda Deputy 

 Headquarters. 



Oba, Hearst, 

 Kapuskasing. 



White Rock Road, 

 Twp. of Merrick. 

 Tilden Lake. 

 Lady Evelyn Lake 

 Deputy Head- 

 quarters. 

 Temagami. 



accommodation 



work done 



Algonquin District 



Tents 



Construction and maintenance of tele- 

 phone lines, 54J/2 miles of wagon roads 

 mowed. 24^4 miles of telephone line 

 mowed. 16 miles of trails mowed. 

 Helped combat fires. 22 cords wood cut. 

 Assisted rangers to issue travel permits 

 and to sell licenses, worked on cabin at 

 mileage 130. 208 miles of canoe portages 

 mowed. 



Cochrane District 

 Camps constructed of lum- 

 ber. Tents, springs and 

 mattresses and blankets. 



Telephone lines brushed out, new lines 

 constructed and some old lines rebuilt. 

 Telephone poles cut, treated and erected. 

 About 8^2 miles of walking trail cleared 

 to proposed site of new tower in Inglis 

 Twp. One acre of bush was under- 

 brushed and thinned out in Menapia 

 Twp. between Island Falls Deputy 

 Headquarters and the Abitibi River. 

 Tower observation. Instructed how to 

 operate Wajax Forest Fire Pumps, some 

 boys to handle a canoe. Fire protection 

 posters put up. 



Gogama District 

 Tents with wooden floors. Cleared 7 miles of the telephone line 



between Ronda and Westree. Assisted to 

 right fire in Natal Twp. 



Kapuskasing District 

 Tents, blankets and tar- Brushed out portages, cleared telephone 



paulins supplied, spring lines. Maintenance on buildings and 



beds while at Ranger's painting. Assisted to construct cabin. 



Headquarters. 



North Bay District 



Tents, some with lumber 

 walls, and double bunk 

 beds. 



Brushed out approximately 5 miles of 

 the White Rock Road. Built 2 new 

 bridges and 3 culverts. Brushed out a 

 parking place around the Ranger Cabin 

 at Tilden Lake. 3 acres of ground 

 underbrushed and burned in the Finlay- 

 son Motor Park to provide additional 



