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Indian graves. About one mile above this there is a falls of six feet with a 

 portage of two chains on the east side. Our line crossed the river about ten 

 chains above or south of this portage. About twenty chains above our line there 

 is a portage of ten chains on the west side. About seven miles above this there 

 is a winter trail on the east side about six miles long which avoids a crooked 

 winding stretch of the river with numerous rapids. This trail comes back to the 

 river at what is called Nettogami Lake. It is probably a lake in the early spring 

 but in summer is only a part of the river that winds through a flat stretch of 

 country with low willow banks for about five miles. Above this there is a short 

 lift over here at a falls of four feet. About four miles above this is Fox Rapids, 

 where a short portage of two chains is necessary. About five miles above this 

 is Island Portage, about two chains long. From this point south to Agaskagou 

 Lake, about seven miles, the river is swift but there are no rapids where portages 

 have been made. 



There is a portage of about a mile and a half between Agaskagou and 

 Kesagami Lakes. 



On the Kesagami River between the lake and our line there were no portages 

 and the river, though swift is easily navigable. We learned that below our line 

 the river is very swift and shallow and is never used by the Indians. They 

 prefer to go east over a series of lakes and portages from Kesagami Lake to the 

 Lowakamistick River and use it to go north to the lower part of Kesagami River 

 and on to Hannah Bay. The Kaskiskastic and Ahtick Rivers are used only in 

 high water by trappers. These are shallow and swift rivers. 



Water Powers 



There are several falls on all the principal streams where they go over the 

 escarpment to the costal plain below. Some of these are from twenty to thirty 

 feet high. Owing to the small volume at low water in any of these rivers it is 

 doubtful if any of these powers would warrant development. 



There is a fall of about thirty-five feet made up by two short falls and a 

 rapids between them at the junction of French River and the river from the 

 southeast, which we used going to our starting point. This is about five miles 

 north of the base line. There might be a possibility of creating sufficient storage 

 on these two streams to insure a sufficient flow to develop a small power at this 

 point. 



Game 



There is very little game in the country. Our packers saw several moose 

 and bears along the Nettogami River and we saw signs of bears on the line. 

 No caribou were seen at all. The only signs of fresh beaver work were seen 

 along the French River. While we were taking in supplies in the spring the 

 Indians told us they were having good success at hunting muskrats. 



Speckled trout abound in all the streams excepting in the Kesagami and 

 Lowakamistick Rivers. These fish vary in size up to one and one-half pounds. 



There are white fish and pike in Kesagami Lake. There are also pike in 

 the other lakes to the east and west of Kesagami. 



We went in as early as possible to enable us to get the benefit of the high 

 water in the French and Nettogami Rivers to put in our supplies. Owing to 

 the swiftness and shallowness of these rivers we had great difficulty. These 



