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Appendix No. 26. 

 Survey of the Township of Talbott in the District of Algoma. 



Sudbury, Ontario, December 5th, 1913. 



■Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report on the survey of the 

 township of Talbott, in tbe District of Algoma, under instructions from ' the 

 Department of Lands, Forests and Mines, dated July 3rd, 1913. 



The township is situated on the line of the Algoma Central and Hudson 

 Bay Eailway, about eight (8) miles north of Oba, the Junction of the Algoma 

 Central and Hudson Bay Eailway with the Canadian Northern Ontario Eailway. 



The south boundary of the township was run by O.L.S. Speight in 1910. The 

 east, north and west boundaries were run by O.L.S. Suteliffe and Neelands in 1918. 



A road allowance of fifty (50) links was left along the boundaries, and a 

 road allowance one chain in width between lot six (6) and seven (7), twelve (12) 

 and thirteen (13), eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), and twenty-four (24) and 

 twenty-five (25); also between concessions two (2) and three (3), four (4) and 

 five (5), six (6) and seven (7), eight (8) and nine (9), and ten (10) and 

 eleven (11). The lines were run in the centre of the road allowance. 



The side road lines were run due north and south and the concession lines 

 as chords of a parallel of latitude. 



Posts were planted on the concession line, on the centre line of the road 

 allowance and at off-sets of fifty (50) links north and south therefrom. 



Eleven (11) iron posts were planted as required in the instructions at the 

 following points : — 



On the south boundary, at the south-west corner of lot twelve (12), and at 

 the south-west corners of lots six (6), eighteen (18) and twenty-eight (28) in 

 the fifth concession, and at the south-east corner of lot one (1) in the same 

 concession, also at the same relative corner in the ninth concession. On the 

 north boundary at the north-west corner of lots six (6) and eighteen (18). 



The compass variation was found to be 6 degrees west. 



The tim'ber for the most part is spruce, varying from 4 in. to 10 in. in 

 diameter. Along the south boundary and on the ridges there is considerable 

 birch, poplar and balsam. There is no pine of any kind in the township. 



The low ground is covered with a thick moss and black muck, the subsoil 

 being clay. From the appearance of the borrow pits along the railway, boulders 

 lie everywhere under the moss. The ridges are of sandy loam with some gravel, 

 but generally good farm lands. 



There are several lakes in the township: Irene and Wigwam lakes are deep 

 with stony shores; Katsas lake is rather shallow and has sandy shore. The 

 remaining lakes are shallow and dirty. Some of the smaller ones are simply 

 mud holes. The creeks are shallow and muddy. All the water is quite dark. 



Pike and pickerel are the only fish found in the lakes. Some of the smaller 

 streams abound with trout. 



There is very little rock in evidence in the township and no mineral at all 

 was found. There are a few outcroppings of diorite in the south-eastern part 

 of the township, and towards the north-west along the railway, some granite is 



