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I also built a good shelter hut on Eden island in Quetico lake, one at John- 

 ston's Point on Basswood lake, one at Darby's Island at the east end of Basswood 

 lake, and one at the foot of Pickerel lake. The old shacks at Eden island and 

 Basswood lake were unfit for habitation. All new huts built are 16 x 20 feet 

 of hewn and peeled logs, with pitch roof covered with paroid roofing, well floored, 

 and contain bed, stove, table and benches or stools. They are made warm and 

 comfortable, and are kept clean by the men. I also had repaired old shacks at 

 Sturgeon Narrows, lake LaCroix and Kinmipi lake. Will also erect this winter 

 small huts at Eobinson, Beaverhouse and Cache lakes. These huts are for use 

 over night and during short periods that the rangers may be in the vicinity, and 

 also to avoid having to carry tents when on patrol. 



It is very difficult to get in supplies and building material to the Park 

 during the open season. The road over the portage one and one-half miles from 

 Kawene station to Eva lake is very rough. I built a barge on Eva lake to transport 

 my horses and supplies to and fro. The portage over which we pass from Eva 

 lake to French lake is twenty-seven chains in length over a very high hill. 



Owing to my time being taken up during the summer with building operations 

 and travelling over the several beats, erecting shelter huts, etc., I did not succeed 

 in looking over the ground on the portages out to the station, as I intended, with 

 a view of securing a better road, but will do so as soon as possible. I cut a new 

 winter road from French lake to Eva lake by way of Brown's lake, so as to avoid 

 a long round by the summer route and also avoid portaging at open narrows. 

 I cut trails from French Portage to Windigoostigwan lake one and one-half miles, 

 and one from Windigoostigwan river to Baptism lake, two miles, Baptism to Cache 

 lake, three miles, also from Pickerel to Jessie lake and from Basswood lake to 

 Small Inland lakes. At Eden Island the two rangers stationed there have cleaned 

 out several old trails besides cutting new ones from Quetico and Beaverhouse lakes 

 to inland points. The Park staff during the past year has been composed of 

 eleven men, one of whom came on lately, a superintendent and a housekeeper. 

 During the trapping season the work of the staff is in patrolling the sections over 

 which they have charge to prevent illegal trapping and hunting as well as other 

 breaches of the Park laws. 



My men travel in pairs; when building huts four go together until the 

 heaviest of the work is done, when two go on patrol. In many cases the area 

 covered contain many water stretches and are easy of access, although in some 

 portions many portages are encountered making travel, especially during fly 

 season, very bad. I feel that I have a good staff and that they have done excellent 

 work during the past season, when it is considered that they had to undergo 

 many hardships in getting things into shape, did without shelter huts or trails, 

 and had to portage outfits and supplies through snow and over rough ground. I 

 fully realized when I came here that we had lots of hard work to do and expect 

 much more before we can get things in proper shape. 



I do not consider that much illegal trapping was done last season. We picked 

 up some steel traps along the boundaries and destroyed several dead-falls, pre- 

 sumably set by Indians. As it is now well known by outside trappers and Indians 

 that the Park is patrolled by rangers at all seasons there is not likely to be much 

 trapping or hunting done. I have instructed my rangers not to relax their vigi- 

 lance and not to hesitate to arrest anyone whom they find breaking the Park 

 laws. I have warned them especially in regard to American Indians coming 

 across the border to trap in Canadian territory, but to endeavor to keep on good 



