1917-18 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 



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Wild Lands Resekve. 



On road between sees. 29 and 30, 22 and 21, 13 and 14, and between 5 and 6, 

 4 miles of new road was graded, 4^/2 miles of ditches deepened, 1 mile of tap drain 

 dug, 4,500 feet being between sees. 5 and 13 and the remainder north of sec. 5; 

 6 culverts were built on the above roads. 



The above road in the Wild Lands Reserve and the Township of Spohn com- 

 pletes the grading of the highway from the Town of Rainy River to the Lake 

 01 the Woods and is the only highway in the Rainy River district connecting 

 the highway system with the Lake of the Woods. 



A field of grain in the Rainy River Valley near Stratton. Yield 100 bushels to the acre. 



Township of Atwood: 



On road east of Section 36, 1,400 ft. of road was double ditched and 4,000 

 ft. single ditched — (1 mile 120 ft.) One mile 120 ft. of the above road was 

 graded. On road across river lots 1 to 23 and east of river lot 24, 2 miles of 

 road was re-gravelled. 



Township of Blue: 



West of Sections 6, 7 and 18 and north of Section 7, 4 miles of road was 

 single ditched and the grubbing widened out four feet. The above road was 

 graded through its entire length for a distance of 4 miles. North of Section 8 

 the road was cleared, burnt and grubbed for a distance of 3^ mile and 338 ft. 

 and 2 culverts built. 



Township of Worthington: 



On the road south of Sections 32, 34, 35 and 36, one mile and 1,432 ft. re- 

 gravelled. The road ditches were deepened for a distance of 2,186 ft, and 2 new 

 culverts built. 



