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streams could not have been used late this season by loaded canoes. The water 

 in the Nettogami River dropped over ten inches in the first two weeks of July. 

 We had a lot of rain on our way out but this did not seem to help water conditions 

 any. It took us eight days by canoe from the Kesagami River to where the 

 railroad extension crosses the Moose River. We had to wade the rivers the 

 greater part of the way. 



We had a very hot week the latter part of June and the early part of July, 

 but otherwise the weather was good. 



We did not see any permanent Indian camps. The whole of the country is 

 trapped over but apparently they use tents all the time and move about a great 

 deal. 



Appendix No. 34 



Extract from report and field notes of the survey of North Shore of Lake 

 Superior, District of Thunder Bay, J. S. Dobie, O.L.S., 1930. 



The portion of the mainland surveyed extends from the south boundary 

 of the Township of Lyon to George Point on the east shore of Black Bay, from 

 which point a tie was made across Black Bay to the southeast corner of Lot 

 6, concession II, Township of Sibley. All the islands adjacent to the above 

 mentioned portion of the mainland were traversed as well as St. Ignace, Simpson, 

 Salter and other smaller islands adjacent thereto. 



As instructed all islands were marked in such a manner as to be easily 

 identified. In the case of islands which are named on the charts issued by the 

 Department of Marine and Fisheries or other official maps, the names were 

 retained, and a post was planted on the island with the name inscribed on it 

 with a scribing iron. Islands not named on the charts were given a designating 

 number for each island preceded by the initials J.D. The numbered islands 

 start at J.D. 1802, and continue consecutively to J.D. 2037, and each one has 

 a substantial wooden post with the initials J.D. and the proper number carved 

 on it. Every post is surrounded by a substantial mound of stones. 



Every mining claim corner located was marked by a substantial wooden 

 post in a good mound of stones. In some cases there were already iron posts 

 at these corners, and at several others, where iron posts had not been placed 

 originally, iron bars were placed alongside the wooden posts and similarly 

 marked. All of these posts are shown on the plans submitted herewith. 



Standard metal posts were planted at a few strategic points on the survey 

 and the position of these is also marked on the plans. 



Many of these old mining claims were difficult to find and of some no trace 

 could be found. All mining claim corners located and re-posted are shown in 

 their proper position on the accompanying plans. 



Generally speaking the country included within the limits of the survey 

 is high and rugged. This applies to the mainland as well as to the islands. As 

 one approaches the southwest end of the Black Bay peninsula, however, low 

 stony shores are very much in evidence and there are not nearly so many of the 

 bold precipitous rocks which are so prominent in the sections nearer Nipigon 

 Straits. Much of the shore line on the south side of St. Ignace, Simpson and 

 many of the other islands is composed of an amygdaloid rock which has been 

 greatly eroded by the action of the waves. This amygdaloid is intruded in 

 numerous places by dikes and sills of diabase, some vertical and others inclined 



