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old road passing through the Drydeii Pulp & Paper Company's property. The 

 diversion made improved the grade and shortened the distance. At this point there 

 was an offtake drain dug into the Wabigoon River, 300 ft. From Dryden west 

 to Oxdrift Station, about 7. miles, the old road was widened and straightened. 

 The worst grades were cut down and depressions filled. The road was well ditched 

 and graded. Corrugated iron culverts were placed where required and 2 small 

 wooden bridges constructed on lots 6 and 8 in the 5th Concession, Van Home. 

 The road was surfaced with gravel for a distance of 5 miles. Forty-two corrugated 

 iron culverts, ranging from 10 in. to 3() in. in diameter were placed where required 

 and 3 stone culverts constructed. Swamps or muskegs were all well ditched 

 and covered with corduroy where required and an offset ditch dug on lot 11, 

 Concession 6 on said township VL* mile in length. The work extended about 4 



A view of the prehistoric mounds on the banks of the Rainy River. 



miles Avest of Oxdrift Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway. This portion 

 of the road, however, has not been gravelled, l)ut merely l)rushed out, ditched 

 and graded. Owing to the long haul in getting gravel, it was deemed advisable 

 to do this work in tlie winter season, as it could then be done at a much less cost. 



The trunk road east of Dryden was constructed last year to a point on Elm 

 Bay of Wabigoon Lake. From that point to the A'illage of Wabigoon, the old 

 road was abandoned owing to the character of the country it passed through, it 

 being a mere lumber road. A new road was located through a level country, the 

 distance being about 61^ miles. This road was cut out and the brush piled, but 

 no grading done. 



In the Township of Mutrie, west of Eagle River, 16 miles west of the Town 

 of Dryden, a small piece of work was done in front of lots 8, 9 and 10, Concession 

 1, about iy2 miles of this road was partly reconstructed. 



