Hudson Bay Timber Survey^ 



Work of Dominion Forest Service Along Proposed Route of Hndson 



Bay Railway in 1911. 



By F. W. Beard, B.S.P. 



During the past summer a party 

 under the writer's charge con- 

 tinued the timber survey of the Hud- 

 son Bay line from the point where 

 Mr. Dickson's party discontinued 

 Its woric in 1910. This was at the 

 Manitou rapids, where the proposed 

 railway line crosses the Nelson 

 river. 



The 1911 party went into this dis- 

 trict by way of Lake Winnipeg on 

 the SS. Wolverine, by which they 

 were conveyed to Norway House (a 

 Hudson Bay post situated at the 

 north end of Lake Winnipeg). From 

 here the journey was continued by 

 way of tho Nelson river, the i>arty 

 travelling in canoes. The proposed 



line of the railway was picked ap 

 where it crosses th** V-l-on river, at 

 Manitou rapids. 



The line of the railway, as pro- 

 jected, follows the Nelson river to 

 Iludson Bay (a distance of 160 

 miles), so the party was able to 

 keep parallel with the railway line 

 by using the Nelson river and its 

 tributaries as a means of transpor- 

 tation. 



The Topography. 



The absolute elevation of the 

 country surrounding the Manitou 

 rapids is 500 feet above sea-level. 

 The surface of the total area cover- 

 ed varies from undulating to near- 

 ly level. The territory surrounding 



A Typical Scene along the Nelson River. 

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