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All lines were run with a reliable transit and the trees along the lines 

 blazed on three sides in the usual manner. Frequent astronomical observa- 

 tions were taken to check the bearings of the lines, but owing to very bad 

 weather conditions many an attempt to obtain an observation proved futile. 

 Every care was taken to assure the straightness of the lines. 



The soil throughout this township is clay which, unfortunately, is only 

 exposed along the banks of the streams. Back from the streams the clay 

 is covered with moss, roots and black muck for a depth of from one to three 

 feet. Where exposed the soil appears to be very productive and seems to be 

 almost entirely free from stones. There is very little difference in elevation 

 any place in the Township which with the close texture of the soil makes the 

 land very wet and swampy. There are many creeks all running in a general 

 south-easterly direction into the Moose River. These are generally of a good 

 current. The Hancock is the largest creek. Its average width being about 

 fifty feet. Maidman's Creek is about the same size except the lower two 

 miles which part is much larger and is effected by the tide. These creeks 

 are for the most part very shallow and full of rapids and stones. The Kwata- 

 boahegan River passes through the south-west part of the Township. It has 

 the appearance of a big river, being from six to ten chains wide with clay 

 banks fifteen to twenty-five feet high but in ordinary summer weather it is so 

 shallow and stoney that one can walk across it in many places. 



As a whole this township is poorly timbered. Along the streams there 

 is generally a strip of about five chains on each side of the stream of fairly good 

 timber, chiefly spruce with the odd tree as large as thirty inches in diameter, 

 with a scattering of balm of gilead, poplar, balsam and white birch. Back 

 from the streams, however, the timber is small, tamarac swamps being the pre- 

 dominating feature. In these swamps there is a mixture of standing dead or 

 half -dead old growth of tamarac among a thick younger growth. Fire had 

 recently swept over an area of about eighteen hundred acres in the vicinity 

 of the Hancock Creek and the Railway. This and other burnt areas are 

 more fully illustrated on the timber plan of the township. 



Game is very scarce. A few moose were seen in the northwest part of 

 the Township. Partridge were fairly plentiful. There is said to be trout 

 in some of the larger creeks but I was unable to prove this statement. 



No mineral was discovered, in fact, rock is not to be seen except in the 

 beds of some of the streams where it is limestone. 



Accompanying this report are the following: A general plan of the Town- 

 ship on mounted drawing paper, a duplicate tracing of the same on linen on 

 which is added the timber notes, plans on tracing linen on a scale of ten chains 

 to an inch of the surveys of the Kwataboahegan River and the lower part 

 of Maidman's Creek, field notes in detail of all the lines run and the usual 

 affidavits, etc., all of which are most respectfully submitted. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



E. L. Moore, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



