1917-18 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 



Ill 



season late in the fall of the year caused considerable damage on this road. There 

 were many washouts caused by the freshets coming down the hillsides from the 

 north side of the road, the road being built through a valley, with mountain 

 ranges in places rising to a height of over a thousand feet close to the road. 

 Three small bridges, with 10-foot spans were constructed in the Township of 

 Paipoonge, and one bridge, 32-foot span across the Slate River, all in the Town- 

 ship of Paipoonge. 



After gravelling was finished, and Avhile it was being done, the road was 

 frequently dragged and kept in first class condition during the season. On this 

 road there is now a great deal of automobile traffic from the northern part of 

 the United States, Duluth, Superior City, Minneapolis and St. Paul and other 

 cities. This road will soon become one of the most popular tourist roads in 



A winter harvest. Northern Ontario. 



Western Ontario, as well as in the northern part of the United States. The 

 scenery along the road is very fine. 



Oliver Road: 



This road was re-graded, and surfaced with shale rock and gravel from 

 Kakebeka to Murillo, about 9 miles. Six thousand five hundred yards of shale 

 rock and gravel was used on this road. 



Arthur Street Road: 



This road was re-graded and gravelled from Kakabeka Falls easterly for 

 5 miles. Four thousand and two hundred and fifty-eight yards of gravel were 

 used on this road. 



