Quebec Forest Service Notes 



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QUEBEC FOREST SERVICE NOTES. 



Most of the forest engineers in the em- 

 ploy of the Department are now return- 

 ing from their field explorations. 



Mr. B. Guerin, F.E., has completed the 

 examination of seven townships, making a 

 complete inspection of all the lots which 

 have been sold or patented, and classify- 

 ing the lands still vacant. This is the 

 first time thai; the Department of Lands 

 and Forests has inspected the patented 

 lots, as well as those still unpatented, in 

 the endeavor to ascertain with more exact- 

 ness what is the movement of colonization 

 and the need of more lands to be occupied. 



Mr. Geo. Boisvert, F.E., after visiting 

 several townships in the counties of Mont- 

 magny and L 'Islet, is now completing the 

 exploration of a portion of the upper basin 

 of the River St. John, in the county of 

 Kamouraska, in order to determine the 

 forest value of these tracts and what sec- 

 tions of them should be set aside for col- 

 onization purposes. He reports very good 

 forests and a small area of arable land 

 which will allow of the creation of a new 

 parish. 



Mr. L. J. D. Marquis, F.E., has spent 

 the summer making an inventory of the 

 basin of the Assemetquagan river, cover- 

 ing over three hundred square miles. 

 Though some sections are burned, the rest 

 consists of a good stand of spruce and 



HARDY NORTHERN 



FOREST TREES 

 and shrubs at forest 

 prices. 



Native and foreign tree seeds. 



Edye-de- Hurst & Son, 



Dennyhurst, via Dryden, Ont. 



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CorrespoTidance PranJgaise. 



balsam fir of very good size. Mr. Marquis 

 has also done good work in the control of 

 operations of local saw-mill owners and 

 wood-buyers. 



Mr. Ernest Menard, F.E., has just arriv- 

 ed from his exploration of the upper basin 

 of the Peribonka, where he has found some 

 good forest land, very suitable for pulp 

 and paper mills. 



Mr. Laliberte, F.E., who is working iu 

 the upper basin of the Mistassini, which is 

 next to Peribonka, on the northern shore 

 of Lake St. John, will not return till the 

 end of next month. He sends word that 

 the work is going on well and all the mem- 

 bers of his party are in good health. 



Mr. H. Kieffer, F.E., has completed the 

 inspection of Eolland township, on the 

 Kouge river, and of Robertson township, 

 on the Lievre river, which were requested 

 by settlers. 



Mr. Henri Roy, F.E., after making a 

 brief reconnaissance of the forest condi- 

 tions in the townships of Remigny, Mont- 

 reuil, Villars, Beauneville, Caire and Belle- 

 combe, has sent back part of his party 

 and is now on his way to Lake Victoria, 

 whence he will return by the beginning 

 of November. 



Messrs. Sicard & Lavoie, Forest En- 

 gineers, after having inspected the forest 

 conditions of the upper basins of the 

 Harricanaw and Bell rivers, are now mak- 

 ing a preliminary survey of the Megiskan 

 river. 



All these data will be tabulated and 

 some of the reports will eventually be 

 published in bulletin form. 



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