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It was noted in muskeg areas that young tamarac has commenced growth 

 and trees observed in my opinion from two to ten years old. These locations 

 are very scarce, except for use of the hardwoods the balance of timber of the 

 area may only be used as pulpwood. 



Plans 



Accompanying my report is a plan showing lines run on ground on white 

 mounted paper on scale of one mile to one inch. The plan shows the names 

 of townships which the lines complete the buondaries of, together with names of 

 adjoining townships - lines intersected and run by other Ontario Land Surveyors. 

 Topography as noted in field notes on the reduced scale, rivers, lakes, wagon 

 roads, portages, location of posts planted ; bearings and distances of lines, together 

 with other necessary information. 



There is also a timber map prepared on tracing linen, which shows the 

 above information with the addition of burned area shown with brown India ink 

 and a commercial area of timber, in green. The area of pine timber in Eddy 

 Township previously mentioned in my report is not shown in green as the limits 

 were not known. 



Field notes of the township outlines are transcribed in ink and show 

 topography, timbers, soils, location and marking of posts, position and bearing 

 trees and the check foot chainage for the respective miles. 



An index page is prepared for township outlines, observations for azimuth 

 are also prepared on forms supplied by your Department, and book of magnetic 

 observation is herewith submitted. 



Fish in the inland lakes consist of pike, pickerel, perch, speckled and grey 

 trout and the streams contain brook and speckled trout. Many animals inhabit 

 the area. Moose are quite common. Deer are very thick, bear inhabit 

 principally the burned area and are quite numerous, as are also the wolves; fox 

 are scarce, beaver inhabit certain areas, partridge are very common. 



The general formation of rock is red granite. The only minerals observed 

 were iron and copper pyrites, and mica. Several mining claims were noticed 

 to be staked in the Townships of Clarkson and Poitras. 



Appendix No. 27 



Extract from report of the survey of Township Outlines, District of Cochrane, 

 surveyed by Messrs. Speight & van Nostrand, O.L.S., n 1931. 



The line was opened up to give long clear sights for the transit, and the 

 production of the lines was determined by careful reversals of the instrument. 

 Owing to the swampy nature of the ground, it was necessary to set the instrument 

 on posts and to build platforms for the instrument man at all but a few instrument 

 stations. The line was opened out at the river crossings to make it clearly visible 

 from the air. In addition to these crossings, the lines will undoubtedly be 

 readily visible from the air, through the long stretches of muskeg and small 

 timber. 



Fifteen magnetic observations were taken during the course of the work, 

 and the results of these observations are forwarded in the Department of the 

 Interior Record Book. In addition, we have shown in the field notes the points 

 where magnetic observations were made, together with the mean reading of the 

 magnetic needle at the point of observation. 



