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Suppressing forest fire with water pumped from nearby lake. 



FOREST FIRES BY DISTRICTS, 1968 



Forest District Fires Acres 



Sioux Lookout 38 104 



Kenora 92 609 



Fort Frances 16 160 



Port Arthur 46 240 



Ceraldton 29 32 



White River 27 45 



Kapuskasing 52 200 



Cochrane 28 1,445 



Swastika 66 939 



Chapleau 19 33 



Sault Ste. Marie 32 96 



Sudbury 121 1,166 



North Bay 113 910 



Parry Sound 144 636 



Pembroke 130 1,102 



Tweed 140 1,213 



Kemptville 12 14 



Lindsay 86 468 



Lake Huron 11 17 



Lake Simcoe 21 49 



TOTAL 1,219 9,478 



FOREST FIRES BY MONTHS, 1968 



Month Fires Acres 



March 6 75 



April 394 4,156 



May 454 4,744 



June 66 45 



luly 164 243 



August 107 123 



September 16 11 



October 5 3 



November 7 78 



TOTAL 1,219 7,478 



FOREST FIRES BY SIZE, 1968 



Size Fires 



V4 acre and under 481 



Over 'A acre to 10 acres 602 



Over 10 acres to 100 acres 118 



Over 100 acres to 500 acres 17 



Over 500 acres 1 



TOTAL 1,219 



FOREST FIRES BY MEANS OF 

 DETECTION, 1968 



Means of Detection Fires 



Lands & Forests Fire Tower 275 



Lands & Forests Aircraft 53 



Commercial Aircraft 19 



Private Aircraft 5 



Lands & Forests Personnel 93 



Other Provincial Gov't Employee 35 



Outside Agency Fire Tower 1 



Other Public 737 



TOTAL 1,219 



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