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east boundary of the Township of McQuibban, but the water was low, and 

 numerous shallow flat rapids were encountered. 



So far as we could learn, Little Abitibi Lake is seldom approached from 

 the north. 



Timber 



The lines west of Little Abitibi Lake in particular passed through much 

 first class pulpwood. The pulpwood limits of the Abitibi Pulp and Paper 

 Company extend over this area, and surveys have been made by them for a 

 proposed extension of their logging railway north from Stimson on the Canadian 

 National Railways. The location line was crossed at 21 M. and 64 chains east 

 of Niven's meridian, near the proposed crossing of the Little Abitibi River. 



East of Little Abitibi Lake we found extensive burnt areas, and in con- 

 sequence less valuable timber exists. 



Very little jack pine was seen, and the only typical jack pine ridge crossed 

 was in the last mile of the east boundary of the Township of Bragg. The trees 

 were young growth only, following a fire. 



Water Powers 



The townships outlined lie very close to the height of land, and no important 

 water powers exist. Harris, Pierre, Williston and Little Abitibi Lakes will be 

 available as storage basins when power is developed from the waters of the 

 Little Abitibi River, either through a proposed diversion of the Abitibi River 

 at New Post, or on the Little Abitibi River itself. 



Game and Fish 



The party which brought in our supplies caught some fine speckled trout 

 in the upper reaches of the Low Bush River. 



We did not find any lake trout, but caught pike and pickerel in a number of 

 the lakes, while Little Abitibi Lake seems well stocked with white fish. 



Beaver are now very scarce, new signs being noted at only three or four 

 points. Signs of moose were not very plentiful except along the Floodwood 

 River, where the animals are apparently fairly numerous. No deer were seen. 



Appendix No. 30 



Extract from O.L.S., E. L. Moore's report of survey of Base and Meridian Lines 

 in the District of Cochrane, 1931. 



Canoe routes through this country are very scarce, but I was fortunate in 

 finding one, namely, the Cheepash River, which was of great advantage to me 

 for getting my supplies in. This stream has an average width of about two 

 hundred feet. It is for the most part shallow with a strong current and a great 

 many short rapids but a remarkable feature of it is that in the entire distance 

 that I travelled on it, which I estimated to be about seventy miles, it was not 

 necessary to make a single portage. This, however, could not be said of it in 

 very low water. I was told there is a point farther up this stream where there 

 is a portage about a mile long into the Missinaibi River. I attempted to make 

 the return trip this way but the stream became so shallow that I abandoned the 

 idea and returned by way of the Moose River. 



