In addition to regular annual production of Fishing and 

 Hunting Regulation map folders, the Ontario Map Cata- 

 logue, listing all maps produced by departments and com- 

 missions of the Ontario Government, was compiled, 

 printed and distributed to universities, libraries and federal 

 and provincial government agencies. 



One-inch-to-two-mile map series produced: Blind River, 

 Heron Bay, Schreiber, Pukaskwa River, Black Bay, Lac des 

 Mille Lacs, Northern Light Lake, Marmion Lake, Obakamrga 

 Lake, Gogama (3rd edition), and Chapleau (2nd edition). 



One-inch-to-eight-mile series produced: Map 22 "Algoma, 

 Sudbury and Timiskaming", and Map 23 "Thunder Bay". 



Special mapping produced: Map 3169 "Kenora-Dryden", 

 scale 1:250,000 (at request of District Forester, Kenora); 

 Trent-Severn Waterway (at request of Land Acquisition and 

 Planning Section for newspaper reproduction); French River 

 Watershed (at request of Land Acquisition and Planning 

 Section for report); Map 3869 North Georgian Bay Recre- 

 ational Reserve (at request of Land Acquisition and Plan- 

 ning Section for report); and Fishing and Hunting Regula- 

 tion map folders. 



THE ONTARIO GEOGRAPHIC 

 NAMES BOARD 



The Board is composed of the Surveyor General, a secretary 

 and five other members who have not as yet been ap- 

 pointed. Nomenclature decisions are approved by the Min- 

 ister of Lands and Forests. 



During the 1969-70 fiscal year, a total of 83 maps and 

 charts were edited for nomenclature accuracy which can 

 be broken down by map scales to: 



Provincial Topographic Series, 1" = 2 miles. ... 6 



National Topographic Series, 1 :250,000 4 



National Topographic Series, 1:50,000 67 



National Topographic Series, 1 :25,000 1 



Canadian Hydrographic Services Charts 5 



Five thousand, eight hundred and ninety-six names were 

 examined for the federal mapping agencies through the 

 Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 

 with 1,435 names being approved, 58 names rescinded, and 

 32 name applications altered. A total of 917 new cards were 

 added to the geographic names card index. 



Also edited were 21 Fishstocking Lists, issued by the 

 Departmental district offices, which resulted in an addition 

 of 263 new names hitherto unrecorded to the files. 



Also examined were 37 district-produced maps, the ma- 

 jority being at the scale of 1" = 2 miles, which effected in 

 the recording on O. F.R.I, base maps a total of 928 previ- 

 ously unrecorded names. 



The updating of the card index was continued by record- 

 ing the correct latitude and longitude on the name cards. 



Over 256 inquiries, from the public as well as within the 

 government, concerning geographic nomenclature were 

 answered throughout the year. 



DRAFTING SERVICES 



The production of township plans by commercial drafting 

 contracts was continued, and twenty Crown Land status 

 plans for land planning and sales and general public pur- 

 poses were completed to supplement the continuing De- 

 partmental production. Head Office branches and District 

 field office activities resulted in the increased preparation 

 of special maps, plans, miscellaneous charts and graphic 

 illustrations. 



New dispositions of Crown Land continued to be plotted 

 and designated on the office plans, as to location and ex- 

 tent, to maintain an up-to-date graphic inventory of the 

 provincial land status. 



General drafting activities were considerably increased 

 over the past fiscal year, due mainly to the compilation of 

 Crown and alienated lands required to be shown on the 

 Provincial Topographic map series, scale l" to 2 miles. 



LEGAL SURVEYS EXAMINATION 



Crown instructions for surveys carried out by Departmental 

 surveyors, as well as for all surveys carried out by private 

 surveyors under contract for retracement, restoration, sub- 

 division and inspection programs, are prepared by this 

 Sub-section as well as drafting and plan examination. 



Compiled plans, and plans of surveys for alienation of 

 Crown land, were examined for compliance with Depart- 

 mental policy and statutes. Included are plans of individual 

 cottage lots, commercial or industrial locations, water lots 

 and Crown subdivisions. Returns of surveys carried out 

 under instructions, such as retracement, restoration and 

 municipal surveys, which did not lead to alienation, were 

 examined for compliance with statutes and instructions. 



Field surveyors, located at Tweed and Parry Sound dis- 

 trict headquarters, were engaged in surveys for administra- 

 tive purposes which includes the determination of en- 

 croachment on Crown Land and the extent of ambiguous 

 Crown grants, retracement, and other miscellaneous sur- 

 veys. 



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