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spring in some years, when the water was exceptionally high, as the willows and 

 alders are a tangle lying horizontally in places two feet thick, with the new 

 growth growing upright. The most of the country, probably seventy per cent., 

 is timbered with small tamarac. 



No rock outcroppings were encountered on the survey. 



Spruce partridges were plentiful and speckled trout are to be found in the 

 creeks. 



Appendix No. 23 



Extract from Report of Survey of Meridian Line from northeast angle of the 

 Township of Ebbitt in the District of Cochrane to the shore of James Bay, 

 by Messrs. Beatty & Beatty, O.L.S., 1932. 



Soil 



Up to Mile 341 the soil is clay. From 341 to 348 there is clay soil with 

 occasional boulders. At Mile 348 plus 30 chains and at Mile 349 plus 30 chains 

 our line crossed narrow sand ridges about ten feet high. These had probably 

 been old shore lines of the ocean. The later one ran in a northwesterly direction. 

 From this ridge north to the bay the soil is sandy clay. 



The whole of the country passed over is nearly level, sloping to the east and 

 northeast with some creeks and rivers flowing east and northeast. From Mile 

 329 to Mile 356 the muskegs are dotted by numerous shallow ponds. These 

 vary in size from mere soft puddles to small lakes of fifty to sixty acres. 



Timber 



The country is covered with muskegs and low ridges of spruce from three to 

 ten inches in diameter along the creeks and rivers. Practically the only 

 merchantable timber was found along the creeks and rivers. The largest 

 stretches being between Miles 298 and 300 and also between 312 and 313. Very 

 little of the country has been burnt over. Between Miles 300 plus 30 chains to 

 Mile 3C3 plus 30 chains our line crosses an exceptionally wet tamarac and spruce 

 muskeg that had been burnt over recently. Also there are patches of old brule 

 along the Kwataboahegan River. 



Naturally with the country so low and wet there is mostly tamarac in the 

 muskegs. Along the edges these are larger but in the centre of the muskegs 

 they are stunted and scrubby. There is a great deal of swamp birch brush. 

 There are islands of spruce to five inches in diameter scattered through the 

 muskegs. 



Minerals 



There were no indications of any minerals in the district. 



Streams and Lakes 



Our line did not cross any large lakes. 



We crossed the Cheepash River with our 300th mile, the Kwataboahegan 

 with our 313th mile and the Hancock Creek with our 315th mile. These rivers 

 all flow into the Moose River. We crossed the Wabiskaw with our 336th mile 

 and the Little Wabiskaw with our 348th mile. These flow into James Bay. 

 The Wabiskaw River is locally called the Halfway River owing to where it 



