DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1934 67 



Appendix No. SI 



Report of the survey of the Township of Vermilion Additional, District of 

 Kenora, surveyed by R. F. Dynes, O.L.S., in 1934. 



Honorable Sir: — 



I have the honour to submit herewith plans and other returns in con- 

 nection with the survey of part of Township Vermilion Additional lying between 

 Vermilion Lake and Lost Lake near Hudson on the Canadian National Railway 

 in the District of Kenora. 



This part Township is bounded on the south by Vermilion Township, 

 on the west by Fifth Meridian run by O.L.S. Niven, on the North by the 

 Indian Reserve No. 28 and Lost Lake and on the east by the G.T.P. Block 10 

 and Drayton Township. 



This area is contiguous to the thriving hamlet of Hudson which owes 

 its present thriving condition almost wholly to the transportation needs of 

 the mining Districts to the north which use Hudson as the shipping point for 

 all freight transported by water; then there is activity through the fishing 

 industry and the lumbering industry. The continued combined activity 

 tends to promote stabilization in employment and the natural sequence is 

 home-making; the hamlet is growing and already is in need of further extensions 

 to the townsite and it will not be long until requests will be made with this 

 end in view. 



The survey of the Township lines will form a base from which to plan 

 further extensions and will serve to satisfy the present demands for homesites 

 of a contributory nature such as small farms which will supply Hudson with 

 such farm products as can be grown locally. 



There is considerable portion of good arable land in this part Township 

 but at some distance from Hudson near which the land is sandy, stoney and 

 gravelly mainly. The northern half of Concession 1 is the best agricultural 

 section of the Township, especially lots 4 to 10; another favourable section 

 lies east of Hudson along the newly built Provincial Highway leading to 

 Sioux Lookout. This portion, however, is intercepted by so many roads, 

 creeks, etc., that it is suitable only for portioning in small plots. 



Timber 



The best timber has been logged off and later the area close to Hudson 

 has been cut off for fuel and building material, but there is still an abundance 

 of good useful timber scattered over the Township which could be used for 

 building and fencing by intending settlers. The accompanying Timber 

 Plan shows graphically how this condition presents itself. The portion colored 

 yellow represents second growth light timber, mostly poplar, birch and jack 

 pine and usually also reflecting a condition brought about by bush fires and 

 mostly identified with light soil and high exposure; the portion colored green 

 is the opposite extreme respesenting swamps, mostly spruce and cedar which 

 are likely to furnish timber for many years as the renewal is rapid and the 

 inaccessibility in some seasons tends to prevent overcropping; the areas colored 



