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The timber along the banks from its mouth to a point midway to the 

 Provincial Boundary, consists of chiefly spruce to 12" balsam birch and poplar. 

 From the midway point to the Provincial Boundary, there appears to be a good 

 stand of spruce timber to 30" in diameter, mixed with balsam, birch and 

 poplar. 



Francis Island "A" 



Francis Island which lies in the mouth of the Harricanaw River, comprises 

 an area of approximately 1,800 acres, of clay soil. About 300 acres of the 

 northerly part is under water during highest tide periods. The remaining 

 part rises to an elevation in the interior to about 15 feet above ordinary high 

 tide. The bank at the southerly end has rather an abrupt rise, from water 

 level which gradually recedes northerly to coast level. On the westerly shore 

 of the river near its mouth the Kesagami River empties its water. 



Yours truly, 



C. R. Kenny, 



O. L. Surveyor. 



Appendix No. 23 



Extracts from the Report and Field Notes of the survey of Base and Meridian 

 Lines in the District of Cochrane, 1932, surveyed by Messrs. Speight 

 and VanNostrand, O.L.S. 



General Features. 



Throughout the area crossed by our lines, the land is extremely flat, it 

 being generally impossible — except in the immediate vicinity of the larger 

 creeks — to detect by eye any rise or fall in the ground. During the latter 

 part of the survey we systematically tested the depth of muskeg material at 

 each of the mile posts, and found the depth to vary from two and a half to 

 four feet. It would seem probable therefore, that eventually some means of 

 disposing of this material economically will be found, and that much of the 

 land surveyed will one day (when the more readily prepared lands have been 

 disposed of) be used for agricultural purposes. The soil beneath is, so far 

 as we could determine, uniformly clay. 



Streams. 



The Cheepash River was crossed on the West boundary of the Township 

 of Maher, and the river was used for the purpose of carrying supplies from 

 the railway to this point. The weather for some time prior to our making 

 use of the river had been dry, and the water in the river was low, but it was 

 possible to utilize the stream for taking in the supplies. As stated earlier 

 in the report, the Kwataboahegan River proved to be disappointing. We 

 reached it about the middle of August and found the water too shallow to 

 warrant taking a canoe up stream to Messrs. Beatty and Beatty's meridian. 

 Those wishing to use this stream should make arrangements, if possible to 

 travel it early in the season, before the water becomes too low. The Indians 

 informed us that up till about the first of July, the river is readily navigated. 



