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Game 



Rivers and streams abound with fish. In large rivers there are plenty of 

 Sturgeon, pike and pickerel. In almost every small stream there is plenty of 

 good size trout. 



Moose and bear are very plentiful and fur-bearing animals, muskrats, 

 beaver, otter, marten and fisher, although previously trapped out, are increasing 

 rapidly and still provide good returns to the diligent trapper. Very few traces 

 of deer were seen. 



Appendix No. 29 



Extracts from Report of Survey Base and Meridian Lines, in the District of 

 Cochrane, by Speight & van Nostrand, O.L.S., 1930. 



Upon the completion of the work, the party running north returned to 

 Little Abitibi Lake by the Floodwood River, while the major part of the south 

 party returned to the lake by the La France River. Canoes were not available 

 to carry all the party with their equipment, and most of the men walked out to 

 the railway, along our base line. The heavier part of the camp and survey 

 equipment was taken down the Lowbush River to the Canadian National Rail- 

 ways. Owing to rather exceptionally low water in the river, over four days were 

 required for this trip, in spite of the fact that the canoes were only very 

 moderately loaded, and the overland party reached the railway two days ahead 

 of those travelling by water. 



Cutting line was completed on the 10th of August, and the last of the 

 party reached Cochrane on the 15th of August. 



The direction of the line was checked by twenty-two observations on 

 Polaris. The season was very cloudy, and there were a great many nights 

 when it was impossible to see the star. Although it was attempted to obtain 

 an observation every clear night, unless the previous observation was less than 

 two miles away, a succession of cloudy nights sometimes interfered. The first 

 observation taken for the purpose of commencing the work was not recorded in 

 the regular field book, and we regret to say that the record has been mislaid or 

 lost. All observations consist of at least two sets of readings, and the calculations 

 have been entered on the forms supplied. The convergence per township was 

 computed from the tables published by the Department of the Interior, and 

 carefully laid off at the township corners by repetition of the angles. 



All the base line and the meridian lines north of the base line, were run 

 with a Bausch and Lomb 5^-inch transit. The meridian lines south of the 

 base line were run with a 5-inch Watt instrument. The compasses of both 

 these instruments were tested at Ottawa prior to going into the field. 



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

 was carefully determined by reversals of the instrument. In the vicinity of 

 lakes, and on the tops of hills, the line was opened out to make it clearly visible 

 from the air. The most easterly meridian and parts of the other lines were 

 through comparatively young timber, and we believe that much of the line will 

 be visible from the air for long stretches, regardless of the special openings. 



Eighteen 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 



