RS KEPORT OF THE No. 3 



a leaf burn, that is to say, it burnt so rapidly with the high winds that it did 

 not burn deeply. "We had five shelter-houses burnt, three of these were old ones, 

 and needed replacing, but two were good buildings. 



The time of our men during the summer was taken up fighting fire and we 

 had to hire a great deal of extra help to build two new shelters, a frame building 

 at Mud lake to replace one burnt, and another a sided log building on Moose 

 lake. These are both substantial edifices. Several portages were cut out. During 

 the trapping season our men are kept patrolling the sections allotted to them and 

 I feel that they have done good work. I am glad to report very few breaches of 

 the law, and what there were did not constitute serious offences. A number of 

 guns were confiscated and sent to Toronto, mostly taken from foreigners on the 

 construction work of the Canadian Northern Railway. 



There is not much lumbering going on in the Park this year. Mr. J. R. 

 Booth has a small camp in the new section cleaning out a little that was left from 

 last year, and McLaughlin Bros, of Arnprior are taking out some on the burnt 

 section. Lumbering is, as a rule, very quiet all over the Province. 



The Canadian Northern Railway which runs through the northeastern portion 

 of the Park is well on to completion, and work trains have been running over it 

 for some time from North Bay. This railway follows most of our large lakes 

 in the north section and the Petewawa river and iGrand lake in the new section. 

 It will be a very popular road with the angler as the lakes and rivers in that 

 whole section are full of the finest speckled and salmon trout. 



Eight townships were added to the Park this year, namely: Edgar, Barron, 

 Guthrie, Master, Stratton and Bronson, half of Fitzgerald, White, Niven and 

 Clancey. I have visited these during the past year; they are mostly covered with 

 a young growth of red, white and grey or Labrador pine (pinus divaricata.) 



A supply of permanent metal signs for indicating the boundaries of the Park 

 was received from the Department. These will be nailed to trees on the boundary 

 lines, especially at points where they are crossed by trails, creeks or rivers; also on 

 all boundary lakes, thus giving notice to all travellers or other persons interested 

 when they enter the limits of the Park. 



Deer are numerous all over the new section and beaver, mink, marten, etc., 

 are still in evidence, notwithstanding this section has for years been heavily 

 trapped. We secured a building at Basin Depot from Mr. M. J. O'Brien, the 

 limit-holder, and fitted it up for a shelter-house. The four settlers who had 

 squatted in the township of Guthrie have been satisfactorily settled with, and are 

 leaving their places. I would recommend giving the ranger at Basin Depot a 

 saddle horse, as the country is so open and traversed^ by so many roads he could 

 quickly do the work of two or three men with a horse, and could come out quickly 

 in case of help being required in case of fire. The total cost would not be more 

 than $70, and as there will be abundance of hay there, there would be no cost 

 attached for feed ; there will^ of course, be stables and all the buildings we require 

 when the settlers move out. One has already gone. 



The Pembroke Lumber Company's limits have also been acquired by the 

 Government and constitute another large tract upon which there is a lot of young 

 pine growing for the people of Ontario. 



Our staff has been composed of Superintendent and twenty-six men. I feel 

 that our men have done good work, although it has without doubt been the worst 

 year for fires since the establishment of the Park, and had not a great effort been 

 put forth on the part of our rangers, a great deal more territory would have 

 been destroyed. 



