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Appendix No. 20. 



Survey of Township Outlines of Pelican^ Malachi and Eice, in the 



District of Kenora. 



New Liskeard^ Ontario, March 11th, 1914. 



Sir, — In compliance with your instructions bearing date of July 19th, 1913, 

 I proceeded to Kenora where provisions and three canoes were purchased, and the 

 following day started down the Winnipeg river. Through the kindness of Mr. 

 Frazer, Government Eoad foreman, I was able to get part of our supplies and men 

 taken to Smith's farm by gasolene launch. From this point our supplies were 

 portaged to Culloden lake and thence by canoe to west end of same, which was 

 within ten chains of starting point. 



The first night an observation was obtained, and the following day while 

 supplies were being brought up and everything gotten in shape for action I scouted 

 the country west of this point for four or five miles and discovered the portages 

 and canoe route which was very convenient to our work. After cutting two miles, 

 I moved camp and supplies to Catharine lake, from which place the cook and one 

 or two men moved everything by canoe for almost the entire survey; while, with 

 four men on line and my assistant and one chainer following, we ran west ten and 

 a half miles. I then moved north along Pelican Pouch lake, carrying along first 

 meridian. From our camp at north end of Pelican Pouch 'lake I took fly camp 

 via timber road most of the way to Long lake, fortunately striking it at the most 

 westerly point about five chains from where the second base line afterwards 

 crossed. I immediately had one canoe brought ahead and the same night my 

 assistant, picket man, and I camped at the north-west angle of Umbach township 

 where an observation was obtained, and the following day we ran 2nd base line to 

 Long lake, and thence on to Otter where Ave discovered that a canoe route led 

 around to the north of our line to Long lake. I doubt, however, if we could have 

 gained any time by using same. 



When I closed in the first township, i.e., Pelican, I found that my angle at 

 the north-west angle of same was theoretically correct, but found the chainage 

 three chains and forty-eight links shorter than south boundary of Pelican. After 

 checking over all the triangulation and finding no error — the chainers taking 

 particular care in trying to see how close we could close — we decided that the 

 error might possibly be in the west boundary of Umbach, and accordingly, started 

 chainage again from north west corner of Pelican, thinking that position of posts 

 might be confusing if subdividing to the north in the future. The one-half mile 

 posts were afterwards removed on advice from Mr. L. V. Eorke, for same reason. 



The second base line was run ahead to North Scott lake and left until we 

 moved to south end of Malachi lake, from which point the 1st base line was 

 picked up and run out to end of twelve miles. We then ran second meridian 

 north to 2nd' base line, closing 80 links west of 6 mile post and 14 links long on 

 second meridian. I discovered the following night that the 2nd base line at this 

 point was running 3 minutes north of the theoretical bearing, checking with chain- 

 age of 2nd meridian. Accordingly, I decided to run line straight ahead as it was 

 then running within 1^/^ minutes of bearing for last six mile chord. 



My assistant then started traverse of Malachi lake, first making triangula- 

 tion survey of same and later connecting points of traverse by detailed traverse of 

 shore line, while with a fly camp I finished 1st base line, hitting eight chains and 



