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On the side roads no posts were planted at the rear of the concessions. 



The country generally is level or gently undulating with an occasional gradual 

 rise to about 100 feet. 



The soil is nearly all a day hottom overlaid wiih black muck of varying depths. 

 In the west and north-west there are a few small exposures of granite. A few 

 gravelly knolls and an occasional boulder were also seen in those directions. From 

 careful observation it was estimated that at least 75 per cent, of the land in the 

 township is well adapted to farming. This includes the swamp areas for which 

 there is good drainage into the creeks. In the vicinity of the large creeks in 

 the south half of the township the land is particularly desirable. 



The timber is black and white spruce, poplar, balsam, white birch, cedar, 

 balm of gilead, tamarac and a very few jack pines, and range in size from 3 to 

 15 inches in diameter. Most of the timber is large and mercliantable, except 

 the green tamarac which does not exceed 4 inches in diameter. In a number of 

 the swamps good cedar to about 12 inches in diameter was found. In many places 

 groves of very large poplar were seen. 



No old brule country with small timber was met with, except in a few places 

 near the west boundary. 



The large creek in concession 1 is navigable in places for canoes. It is 

 greatly broken with shallows and boulders. In the high water in the spring a 

 great deal more of it is no doubt navigable. There are no falls on it of any 

 importance. 



There are moose but apparently very few caribou or deer. Pike and pickerel 

 were caught in the large creek. 



Great care was taken to thoroughly extinguish all our fires before leaving 

 a camp. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



.Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) T. J. Patten, 



Ontario Land ■ Surveyor. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



Appendix No. 28. 

 Survey of the Tovs^nshif of Drayton in the District of Eenora. 



0TTAV7A, January 2nd, 1914. 



Sir, — I beg to submit the following report on the survey of the township 

 of Drayton, in the District of Kenora under instructions dated July 14th, 1912. 



After the completion of the work in the Mattawa District myself and assistant 

 proceeded to Fort William via Canadian Pacific Eailway, and to Sioux Lookout 

 via Grand Trunk Pacific Eailway. 



On arriving at Sioaix Lookout a party was made up not without considerable 

 difficulty owing to men demanding such high wages. Eventually men were secured 

 at reasonable rates. 



