Canadian Forestry Magazine, October, iq20. 



441 



A vertical photograph of Shawingan Falls, P.Q., and village, from the Laurentide Company's seaplane. 



a short time and save heavy jjurtag'ing 

 ihroi>g"h the woods. 



.-/ Quick Job in Mappini:; 



Explorers were taken over territory 

 ^\ Ideh was offered for sale, and of whieh 

 llicre were no maps. The observer 



sketched in the burns, linil)ered areas 

 and other information, and at the same 

 ti'iie ,got a very good idea of the country 

 as a whole. Then taking Ins sketch map 

 he went in on the ground and estimated 

 the timbered areas, saving much time 

 \\hich would have been wasted in locat- 

 ing the burnt areas. In one tri]) a re- 

 connaisance of about four hundred 

 ■Sf|uare miles was made. The l.oggiug 

 Manager made several trips of this kind 

 ^n(\ with his sketch mai)s and his bird"s- 

 ■eye view of the country was able to lay 

 OMt and direct the work of his explorers. 

 Several ilights were made to note the 

 pro<jress of drives and it was ver\ easv 



to see just how the work was progres- 

 sing and whether the streams were be- 

 ing swept clean or not. In one case 

 a large number of roll ways of logs were 

 discovered, and photographed which had 

 been left in the wooils the previous sea- 

 son. Trips were also made to look over 

 and estimate the number of logs in the 

 sorting booms so that the time and num- 

 ber of men re(|uired to saw. so as to 

 iiuish the winter, could be ■determined. 

 The Logging Manager an 1 his Superin- 

 tendents were taken to and from distant 

 l)oiiits of their work and nuich valuable 

 ' ime saved. 



. /;/ . /;;■ Inrcntory 



( )ne of the most valuable parts oi the 

 work was photographing lands which are 

 to be purchased for planting. .\ com- 

 plete dictionary oi these lands was matle, 

 and as the photo gives every detail it 

 i> of trreat value. L<n lines, buildings. 



