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The soil is exceedingly good, being clay with a thin overlay of vegetable mold 

 or muck. I found that invariably the presence of balm-of-gilead and poplar timber 

 indicated good clay soil with little or no muck on the surface. At the camp of the 

 divisional engineer of the Transcontinental Railway on lot 5, in the 7th concession, 

 there were grown during the season of 1912 one of the finest crops of potatoes I 

 have ever seen. Owing to the many hours of daylight in the summer months they 

 grew rapidly arid matured early. In this garden were to be found also radishes/ 

 lettuce, peas^ beans, onions, etc., all of exceptionally good quality. 



There are to be found in this township moose, red deer, beaver, otter, martin, 

 mink and muskrat, rabbits without number and plenty of partridges, while all 

 the streams abound with speckled trout. 



In conclusion I beg to say that in my opinion this township is an ideal one for 

 location of settlers as it possesses advantages and facilities for immediate settle- 

 ment, that other townships not so fortunately situated, have been years in securing. 

 The Transcontinental Railway crosses the township in a north-westerly direction 

 giving immediate access to as fine agricultural lands as are to be found in this 

 whole section of country. The jSTegagami river traversing this township from 

 south to north gives a ready means of transporting logs to the railway, and the 

 construction of roads in pursuance with the wise policy of the Ontario Government 

 in that behalf will give settlers in this township transportation facilities that are 

 not available in some of the older townships. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) Geo. L. Brown^ 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 19. 

 Survey of the Township of Upsala in the District of Thunder Bay. 



Fort William, Ontario, December 8th, 1914. 



Sir, — I beg to submit the following report on the subdivision of the Township 

 of Upsala in the District of Thunder Bay. 



Immediately upon receipt of my instruction I proceeded to the station of 

 Upsala, Ontario on the Canadian Pacific Railway about 83 miles west of the city 

 of Fort William. Pursuant to instructions, I commenced my survey at the iron 

 bar planted by O.L.S, Stewart on the right-of-way of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 

 This iron bar was calculated to be 422.151 chains from the south-west angle of the 

 said township. From this iron bar I ran east astronomically 57 chains 84.9 links, 

 and at this point established the south-east angle of the township. From the 

 same iron bar I ran west astronomically to intersect the line (produced) run to 



