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and the trunk road between Concessions 5 and 6, Township of Rayside, across Lots 

 1 and 2, one mile. 



The old bridge, which had become unsafe for traffic, on Lot 9, between Con- 

 cessions 5 and 6, Blezard, was replaced by a new pile bridge, 36 foot span, with 

 truss. 



From the Garson Mine to Wahnapitae Lake, a distance of 10 miles, the old 

 timber road was widened, straightened and graded to enable a small settlement 

 on Massey Bay, Township of Maclennan, to reach a market at Sudbury. This 

 road also makes it possible to reach the nickel range west of Wahnapitae Lake from 

 Sudbury. 



The old wooden bridge across Whitson Creek on Lot 4, between Concessions 2 

 and 3, Township of Balfour, 11/2 miles south-west of Chelmsford, on the trunk 

 road west of Chelmsford, which was unsafe for traffic, was renewed by a pile 

 bridge 66 feet long with a 36 foot truss. 



A new pile bridge with steel stringers 140 feet in length was constructed across 

 'the Tyadala Eiver on the Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie trunk road close to the 

 Sipanish River in the Township of Nairn, 3i/^ miles east of Nairn Station on the 

 Algoma Eastern Railway. The old bridge had partly fallen down and was unsafe 

 for traffic. 



ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF AND TRIBUTARY TO NORTH BAY 



New roads cut out (of which 3^^ miles were graded) 26 miles 



Old roads graded 9% miles 



Old roads partly graded or improved 25 miles 



Old roads surfaced with gravel or stone 20 miles 



North Bay to Sturgeon Falls Trunk Road. 



Operations on this road were commenced about the middle of June. The road 

 extends from the western limit of the Town of North Bay westerly along the 

 northern limit of the right-of-way of the Canadian Pacific Railway for a distance 

 of about 1% miles to the Duchesney Creek. From this point the road continues 

 north-westerly crossing to the north side of the Canadian Northern Railway; 

 thence along the north limit of the Canadian Northern Railway to a point about 

 one-quarter of a mile from Beaucage Station. It then crosses the Canadian 

 Northern Railway to the north limit of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and from 

 this point it continues westerly adjacent to the north limit of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway until it reaches the west limit of the Indian Reserve. At this point it 

 crosses to the south side of the Canadian Pacific Railway and follows the coloni- 

 zation road to the Town of Sturgeon Falls. 



A careful exploration survey was made of the ground before the road was 

 located. Several deviations around high rocks had to be made east of Beaucage. 

 From Beaucage west to Sturgeon Falls the road passes through a very level 

 country with scarcely a grade. Around the mountains good grades were found so 

 that the road when completed will have few grades to interfere with heavy traffic. 

 It passes through a country in places heavily timbered with birch, hemlock and 

 other timbers. The finest timber, however, has been nearly all cut out. The road 

 was cut to a width of 66 feet and in places it has been grubbed and is now ready 

 for grading. In other places it has not been stumped. 



