96 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



There were no fires in the immediate district this season. We saw smoke 

 on our way out to the south of Agaskagou Lake to the west of Kesagami Lake. 



Minerals 

 There were no indication of minerals in this district. 



Streams and Lakes 



Our line did not cross any lakes. There were a few small ponds or soft 

 places in the muskegs where the water accumulates in the spring, but these 

 were very small and not numerous. 



The largest lake in this district is Kesagami Lake. The northwest bay of 

 this lake was about fifty chains south of our 37 mile post. This lake has already 

 been fairly accurately sketched in on the maps already issued. It is a very large 

 lake and owing to its shape and the absence of islands it is often very rough 

 and difficult to cross. The shores are very low and the surrounding country is 

 flat. There are several stretches of sandy beaches on the shores. The shores 

 are covered with spruce and white birch from three to eight inches in diameter. 



There are several fair sized lakes to the east and west of Kesagami Lake. 

 These have also been sketched on the present published maps. 



Our line crossed the Yesterday River in the 7th mile, also a fair sized stream 

 which flows into it at the 12th mile. We crossed the Nettogami River with our 

 16th mile and two branches of the Kiasko or Gull River at our 24th and 27th 

 miles. We crossed the Partridge River with our 35th mile and our 44th mile 

 post is on an island in the Kesagami River. Our 49th mile crossed the 

 Kaskiskastic River and our 55th mile the Ahtick River. We crossed the 

 Lowakamistick River with our 58th mile. These last three rivers all flow into 

 the Kesagami River. Our 67th mile crossed a fair sized river which was used 

 by O.L.S. King this summer to take his supplies into work on the inter-provincial 

 boundary and he would no doubt report on it. Besides these rivers mentioned 

 we crossed numerous smaller rivers and creeks. Where our line crossed, these 

 were all swift and shallow. 



Canoe Routes 



As mentioned before, we used the French, Yesterday and Nettogami Rivers 

 to place supplies along our line. All these rivers are swift and get very shallow 

 during the summer. The Yesterday River is used by trappers in the early 

 spring and late fall. The Nettogami is the main route used and we found the 

 portages well cut out. At present it is only used by trappers but formerly the 

 Indians used it when they went to Kesagami Lake in the summer to fish. 



The Nettogami is swift and shallow throughout and there are numerous 

 portages. The first portage, about nine miles up from the mouth, is short, 

 being a lift over, at a short falls; about fifteen miles above this is the Ashegan 

 Portage which avoids a series of chutes and rapids. This portage is about 

 thirty chains long on the east bank. About one mile above this is the Axe- 

 handle portage, about twenty chains long, on the west side, which avoids a series 

 of rapids. About one mile above this is a falls of thirty feet passed by a portage 

 of ten chains on the west side. A mile above this is a falls of fifteen feet, passed 

 by a portage on the east side. One half mile above this is a portage of sixty 

 chains on the east side, which avoids a rapids about one mile long with an 

 estimated fall of 110 feet. Our Indians told us that this rapids may be run or 

 poled up in very low water. At the north end of this portage there are some 



