The Board examined a total ot 2,904 place and geographi- 

 cal feature names submitted for approval or rescission dur- 

 ing the year. In close co-operation with the Toponymy Divi- 

 sion of the CPCGN, 821 names were approved, 71 names 

 were rescinded, and 12 name applications were corrected 

 with regard to positional references. 



The up-dating of the name card file was continued 

 throughout the year, and a total of 34 file card drawers were 

 examined and revised. Particular attention was given to the 

 revision of geographical co-ordinate information recorded 

 in conjunction with each place and feature name. 



In the previous system, locational information was based 

 on, and integrated with, Ontario Forest Resources Inventory 

 base maps and their quadrangle references. The OFRI refer- 

 ence is in the process of being replaced by more precise 

 latitude and longitude data. 



A total of 920 new cards, with names and cross-references 

 locating and describing geographical features, were added 

 to the geographic names file. 



Several books in the OCNB collection and nearby Legis- 

 lative Library were examined for historical and associated 

 information which was transferred to cards. Over 50 new 

 cards, incorporating names previously unrecorded, were 

 processed. 



More than 225 inquiries concerning geographical nomen- 

 clature were received from the general public and govern- 

 ment departments. 



DRAFTING SERVICES 



The production of legal survey plans, resulting from depart- 

 mental field survey activities, and the production of special- 

 use maps, plans, charts and graphic illustrations, required 

 by the operations of the Department, was continued by the 

 Drafting Services Sub-section. 



The production of township plans to a scale of one inch to a 

 quarter of a mile, by the sub-section drafting staff, was again 

 supplemented by an additional twenty-one such plans pro- 

 duced by commercial drafting firms under contract. 



The location and extent of all new dispositions of Crown 

 land were plotted on office plans. This continuing activity 

 provides an up-to-date graphic inventory of land status 

 throughout the Province. 



The Sub-section compiled the land status information 

 required for the preparation of the new, and revision of 

 existing, one-inch-to-two-miles Provincial Series maps. 



LEGAL SURVEYS EXAMINATION 



Instructions for retracement, restoration, and subdivision 

 surveys, to be performed both by Departmental surveyors 

 and surveyors under contract, are prepared by this Sub- 

 section. 



A responsibility of the Sub-section is the examination of 

 compiled plans and plans of surveys required for the alien- 

 ation of Crown lands to ensure compliance with depart- 

 mental policy and statutes. These plans include those of 

 individual cottage lots, commercial and industrial locations, 

 water lots and Crown subdivisions. 



Returns from surveys, performed under instructions such 

 as restoration, retracement and municipal surveys not 

 required for the alienation of Crown land, were examined 

 for compliance with statutes and instructions. 



Staff field surveyors, located at Tweed and Parry Sound, 

 carried out surveys for administrative purposes. These in- 

 cluded those required in the determination of encroach- 

 ments on Crown lands and the resolution of problem situa- 

 tions resulting from ambiguous wording of former Crown 

 grants, as well as inspection, park boundary and improve- 

 ment, and other miscellaneotis surveys. 



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