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On the westerly portion of the base line supplies were taken into the line 

 from Umfreville Station by way of Jarvis Lake, Flying Loon Lake and Kukukus 

 Lake and the connecting rivers. There are only two short portages on this 

 route. From Kukukus Lake westerly to Keikewabik Lake we cut out many 

 portages so as give a complete route between these lakes apart from the line. 

 Supplies were also moved westerly through Mit Lake, Abamategwia Lake and 

 Basket Lake. The route north from Keikewabik Lake through Kabikwabik 

 Lake and Minnitaki Lake to Sandybeach Lake was used and the portages were 

 found to be in good condition. 



With the Forestry Department now using airplanes for patrol work in place 

 of the old system of patrol by rangers with canoes it is now generally found that 

 the old portage routes are used infrequently and these nearly always need 

 considerable work done upon them before any freighting can be done. 



On the easterly portion of the base line there is a good graded road crossing 

 the line in the 13th mile. This was originally a railroad and was used in the 

 construction of the north line of the Canadian National Railway. It runs from 

 the Sioux Lookout Branch of the Canadian National Railway to Sturgeon Lake 

 and is now used by commercial fishermen to ship fish by truck from the lake to 

 the railroad. There is also a graded road running south from Sandybeach 

 Lake to Dinorwic Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway. There is very 

 little traffic over this road at present but it will eventually form a part of the 

 road connecting the Sioux Lookout and Dryden areas. 



Timber. 



On the Timber Plan accompanying this report the forested areas have been 

 divided into three age classifications. The areas shown in green will indicate 

 timber over sixty years old while the portions shown in red indicate timber 

 between thirty and sixty years old and the areas shown in brown indicate brule 

 and timber under thirty years of age. 



On the easterly portion of the base line there is a good stand of mixed growth 

 in the first four miles. Coniferous types predominate in this area and the trees 

 are of merchantable size. In the burned areas between the 5th and 14th miles 

 these are several large swamp areas in which are good stands of spruce ranging 

 up to fourteen inches in diameter. There is also a good stand of spruce on the 

 15th mile. East of here there is not much timber of value at present save in 

 smaller areas. 



On the westerly portion of the line, from the point of commencement to the 

 19th Mile Post there is one of the most uniform and valuable stands of timber 

 we have seen in many years. Jackpine and spruce of good commercial size 

 compose about 65 per cent, of this stand. There is a similiar stand between the 

 23rd Mile Post and Keikewabik Lake and also between the small lake at the 

 intersection of the line with the Fifth Meridian and Sandybeach Lake. The 

 area between the 19th and 23rd Mile Posts is covered with a dense stand of young 

 growth between twenty-five and thirty years old with Jackpine being the 

 predominating species. Between Keikewabik Lake and the Fifth Meridian the 

 timber is between fifty-five and sixty years old but only averages about seven 

 inches in diameter owing to the small amount of soil in this area. 



There were several forest fires observed during the survey of the westerly 

 portion of the line. The main fire appeared to originate near the west shore of 

 Basket Lake about five miles south of the line. This fire must have covered a 

 considerable area and from it several smaller fires were started, one of which 



