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There was a well blazed line, about thirty years old, paralleling our line 

 south from Portage Bay of Lake of the Woods to about the 13th mile post. 

 No posts were found on this but several ties were made to the line of blazes. 

 We have no record of a line in this vicinity. 



Geology 



The area south of the north limits of the Townships of Boys, Forgie, and 

 Ewart has been well covered by geological surveys and mining activities and 

 investigations have been carried on in this area for many years with varying 

 results. In the balance of the area covered no favourable formation and no 

 minerals of economic importance were noticed, the rock being mostly granite 

 or gneiss. 



Topography 



In the southern block of Townships (Gundy, Broderick, Gidley, Ewart, 

 Ewart, Forgie and Boys) the country is all very rough and rocky. The Lake of 

 the Woods and Shoal Lake are the main features and these with easy routes into 

 adjoining lakes made an ideal summer resort area. The land though rough is 

 not so hard to travel as there is only a small amount of underbrush. 



The Townships of Rudd and Noyon are not so rugged and are easily 

 accessible through the Scot Lakes and Cygnet Lake. There is a large summer 

 colony at Malachi. 



There are very few swamp areas in any of the townships and where such are 

 found they are usually well timbered. 



Canoe Routes, etc. 



Several portages will be found indicated on our plans which were not, 

 previously mapped. Many of these are old routes but many new ones were cut 

 out. Most of the routes south of the Canadian Pacific Railway have not been 

 used much in recent years. North of the Canadian National Railway, the 

 routes to the Winnipeg River by the Scot Lakes and by Cygnet Lake seem to 

 be used about equally. 



The lakes in the southern part of Gundy Township would appear from 

 previous maps to drain northerly. These outlet in a westerly direction either 

 into Long Pine Lake or West Hawk Lake. 



No falls of any consequence were noted. The one at the outlet of North 

 Scot Lake is about thirty-five feet high but the drainage area is rather small. 



Timber 



The timber plan shows the timber areas divided into three age classes. 

 The area shown in green indicates a growth over sixty years old. The area in 

 red indicates second growth timber between thirty and sixty years old. Most 

 of the timber in this class is thirty-five years old with jack pine being the 

 predominant species. The areas shown in brown represent young growth under 

 thirty years old. This area is comparatively small and the reforestation is also 

 principally jack pine. 



The areas of merchantable timber (green) the age runs about seventy years 

 for all the southern group of townships. Jack pine predominates to a great 

 extent but there are small areas of spruce. The jack pine has" not yet reached 

 maturity and though of fine size for pulpwood it is mostly too small for ties or 

 logs. The growth has been slow owing to the shallowness of the soil. 



