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there were scattered areas with spruce from fifteen to twenty-four inches in 

 diameter, but this was practically all removed for railroad construction purposes. 



Along the Xemegosenda Eiver the banks are low with marshes extending from 

 five to twenty chains back, the subsoil being clay, along the Kapuskasing the banks 

 are a little higher, but both streams overflow their banks for considerable areas 

 during the spring freshet. Kapuskasing Lake is very shallow with a hard clay 

 bottom, the banks being mostly low; and are flooded in a great many cases during 

 high water. The railway crosses a small bay in northwest corner of the lake on a 

 trestle about fifty chains long, and nearly all the piles for a trestle were driven 

 across the bay in the north-east corner of the lake, but for some reason this was 

 abandoned and the railway diverted to the north. Owing to the lake being so 

 shallow, it is very rough during wind storms, which are of frequent occurrence 

 and detract from the value of this lake as a summer resort. The water in the lake 

 is usually of a muddy color, and fish can only be taken by nets; there being a 

 plentiful supply of white fish, pike and pickerel. 



A small Indian village, with shacks, occupied by six or seven families, is 

 situated on lot eleven, concession seven, south of the railway, and I understand 

 Indians have been living on this point for about eighty years. They of course trap 

 and hunt in the winter and obtain a bountiful supply of moose meat along the 

 rivers in the summer. 



The surface is mostly level and swampy with occasional ridges which seldom 

 rise to a height of more than fift}^ feet above the lake level, the north-west corner 

 being somewhat broken, with Mount Horden situated on lots twenty-five and 

 twenty-six, concession eleven, on which fire rangers have built one of their look- 

 out stations, from which I understand a very extensive view is obtained, this being 

 one of the land marks of this section. 



Owing to the greater portion of the township being swampy with deep moss, 

 and the ridges being mostly sandy loam, I do not consider it is suitable for agri- 

 cultural development, its chief asset being timber suitable for pulpwood; the best 

 land noticed was on line between concessions eight and nine, lots one to six in- 

 elusive, and on line between concessions two and three, lot nineteen to twenty- 

 eight. Between Xemegosenda River and Kapuskasing Lake the land is mostly wet 

 and swampy, the same may be said of that portion north of the railway and west of 

 Kapuskasing River, while that portion south of the railway and wegt of the lake is 

 about half swamp and half rolling; with drainage it might turn out good agri- 

 cultural land, but I do not consider that more than thirty per cent, of the town- 

 ship is suitable for agricultural purposes. 



Xo economic minerals are noted and there are no sites for water powers. 



Accompanying this report are a general plan, timber plan, field notes includ- 

 ing traverse sheets, the customary affidavits and account in triplicate. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) J. L. Morris, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



