prepared and recommendations made to either repair or 

 proceed to construction at some future date in each 

 instance. 



WATER MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING 



Projects undertaken include pre-engineering, design, con- 

 struction and maintenance of dams, docks and navigation 

 locks and other hydraulic structures or facilities as well as 

 improvements to flow channels and dredging. 



PRE-ENGINEERING SURVEY AND DESIGN 



Projects included dams; Nonquon Boundary Marsh and 

 Gananoque wildlife management areas; Pine River Provin- 

 cial fishing area; proposals for fishways at Thornbury and at 

 Corbett's dam on the Gananaska River at Port Hope; 

 dredging of access channels at Weller's Bay; the navigation 

 lock at Huntsville; a new sub-station for the Dorion Fish 

 Hatchery; and a hangar building for Department aircraft at 

 Sault Ste Marie airport. 



Investigations were also carried on for such projects as 

 fish hatchery facilities; docks; drainage projects; aircraft 

 landing strip; and sewage lagoons and shore erosion. The 

 collection of hydrologic data was continued at various 

 locations, and a number of stream flow measurement 

 stations were constructed under the winter works program 

 for skilled unemployed. 



CONSTRUCTION 



Construction staff completed the construction or recon- 

 struction of water control structures at: 



Pevensey Lake WhiteWater Lake Aylmer 



Tiny Marsh Wye Marsh Mosque Lake 



Farran Lake Talon Lake Loncoll Lake 



MacKen/.ie Lake Grand Lake Frank Lake. 



Other projects completed include improvements at 

 Wearton, Sandfield, Deer Lake, Pembroke, Dalsam Creek, 

 Dorion and Hill Lake fish hatcheries, and also at the South 

 Bayworth and Glenora fisheries research stations; Rondeau 

 Provincial Park dock and docks at Sioux Lookout, Achray 

 and Geraldtons; scour pads at Denny's dam; and 

 construction of a rollerway for navigation on the Black 

 Sturgeon River; and Little Current boat house. Also, a 

 major dredging project was carried out on the Pine River 

 for channel improvement. 



MAINTENANCE 



Maintenance of hydraulic structures and docks were 

 scheduled on the basis of condition determined from 

 inspection and reports submitted from districts. In addition 

 to reconditioning of the main water supply, pumps at 

 Normandale fish hatchery, routine maintenance was carried 

 out on the locks and the swing bridge at Port Carling, along 

 with other miscellaneous projects. Maintenance of dams 

 was carried out at the following locations: 



SIGN PROGRAM 



Type, quality, colour, symbols, production and erection 

 specifications have been standardized to achieve public 

 acceptance and to assist the Department in communicating 

 with the public while on or travelling through Crown lands 

 or lands administered by the Department. A total of 20,065 

 signs of various types was produced by the sign shop at 

 Huntsville. 



ENGINEERING CONSULTATIONS 



The Section provides engineering consultation for design, 

 construction or reconstruction of Departmental facilities. 

 Among the projects in which this Section was involved this 

 year were erosion control studies; environmental problems, 

 flood control problems, and fire protection systems for 

 several tree nurseries. A project of particular interest was an 

 investigation of water supply potential for the Chatsworth 

 fish hatchery complex in which consultants were used. 



This Section also continued to provide an extension 

 service to the public under which shore erosion problems 

 are examined and recommendations are made for 

 alleviation. 



WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING 



Responsibility for the management of water resources is 

 undertaken through administration of The Lakes and Rivers 

 Improvement Act. There was a total of 15 approvals of sites 

 and plans for dam construction, under the Act, and in 

 addition there were 13 investigations made of water 

 regulation problems resulting from dam construction. An 

 extensive survey and investigation was carried out with 

 respect to water levels on Lake Nipissing. 



ACCESS ROADS 



A total of 3,280 miles of forest access and logging access 

 roads were maintained and improved during the year. Many 

 additional miles of abandoned logging roads were also made 

 passable for moose management and hunting purposes. 



Under Part II of The Public Lands Act, 39 roads, 

 comprising 594 miles, are now designated as public forest 

 roads for the purpose of exercizing traffic control by 

 district staff. 



The addition of one private forest road agreement 

 between its owner and the Ministry has resulted in a total 

 of nine agreements for a total of 267 miles. 



Approximately 16 miles of road were constructed or 

 improved under the summer cottage roads program to 

 provide access to cottage lots in approved Crown 

 subdivisions. 



In addition, this Section was involved in the 

 administration and construction of some 49 miles of road 

 for six projects in the interests of the Northern Ontario 

 Resources Transportation Committee, the Hydro-electric 

 Power Commission of Ontario, and others. 



Three Narrows Lake 

 White River 

 Oxford Mills 

 Sand Lake 

 Lyndhurst Dam 

 Delta Dam 

 Baysville Dam 

 Cordova Lake 

 Salerno Lake 

 Galeairy Lake 

 Baptiste Lake 

 Birch Lake 



Dennys Dam 

 Magnetawan Dam 

 Severn Falls 

 Basswood Lake 

 Omemee Dam 

 Paudash Lake 

 Bottle Creek 

 Skootamatta Lake 

 Orono Dam 

 Summitt Lake 

 Kinmount Dam 

 Weslemkoon Dam 



West Harry's Lake 

 Dwyers Marsh 

 Manitou Lake 

 Evangeline Lake 

 Tube Lake 

 Panache Lake 

 Frood Lake 

 Tyson Lake 

 Cache Lake 

 Opeongo Lake 

 Lake of Two Rivers 

 Ragged Lake 



Booth Lake 

 Shirley Lake 

 McCraney Lake 

 Nepewassi Lake 

 Hay Lake 

 Blind River 

 Port Sydney 

 Gowganda 

 Duncan Lake 

 Ahmic Lake 

 Huntsville Dam 

 Chapleau Dam 



Skeleton Lake 

 North Mitae Lake 

 Martin River 

 Turtle Lake 

 Lake Nosbonsing 

 Tilden Lake 

 Bean Lake 

 Larder Lake 

 Knoefli Dam 

 Lake Traverse 

 Mcintosh Mills 

 Midhurst 



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