1915-16 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FOEESTS AND MINES. 61 



Appendix No. 19. 

 Survey of the Township of Forbes, in the District of Thunder Bay. 



Port Arthur, Ontario, Dec. 27, 1915. 



Sir, — We beg to report that in accordance with your instructions dated August 

 10th, 1915, we have completed the survey of the township of Forbes, which is situate 

 north of the Dawson Eoad lots, west of Dog river and south of Grand Trunk Pacific 

 Block No. 1. 



This township is about thirty miles north-west of the city of Port Arthur. 

 Kaministiquia, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and Dana on the Grand Trunk 

 Pacific Railway are about a mile south of the south-east corner and from these sta- 

 tions a well graded road runs along the east bank of the river to a point opposite 

 concession 1 in Forbes township, this with the Dog river on the east boundary form 

 a good entrance to the east part of the township. On the west side of the river there 

 is a wagon road starting below Paddy's rapids and coming back to the river above 

 the Crooked rapids. The westerly portion of the township is reached most con- 

 veniently by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Flett station on this road being in 

 lot I, concession IV, also from this point a wagon road runs south to the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway. 



The survey was commenced at the six-mile post on the south boundary of Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Block No. 1, which point was marked by an iron post and a. pine 

 post planted by O.L.S. Fawcett in 1907. From this point the west boundary of the 

 township was run south astronomically to intersect the north boundary of the 

 Dawson road lots. The north boundary of the Dawson road lots, being 

 the south boundary of the township, was established by joining in a straight 

 line from point to point, the points established by O.L.iS. Bolton between 

 lots 37 and 38, 32 and 33, 27 and 28, 22 and 23, 17 and 18, 12 and 13, and 



7 and 8, concession 11, on their north boundaries. To perform this operation it was 

 found necessary to run a trial line from each point to the next, the true line con- 

 necting the points being then run and blazed. From the posts at lots 4 and 5 on 

 said north boundary of the Dawson road lots a line was run on a course north eighty- 

 five degrees and twenty-three minutes east to intersect the Dog river, and this line 

 was produced westerly to intersect the production easterly of the line as established 

 across Dawson road lots 8 to 12, 



From the points on the north boundary of the township where O.L.S. Fawcett 

 planted his 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and initial mile posts, lines were run south astronomically to 

 intersect the south boundary, these lines being between lots 2 and 3, 4 and 5, 6 and 7, 



8 and 9, 10 and 11, and 12 and 13, respectively. From O.L.S. Fawcett's initial 

 mile post a line was run east astronomically to intersect the Dog river, completing 

 the north boundary, and from a point one mile east of said initial point a line was 

 run south astronomically to intersect the Dog river, this being the line between lots 

 14 and 15. 



At points on the west boundary one and two miles south of the starting point 

 lines were run east astronomically to intersect the Dog river, establishing conces- 

 sions VII and VIII. 



From the south-east corner of lot 8, concession VII, as established, one, two, 

 and three miles were measured south and lines run west astronomically from each 

 of these points to intersect the west boundary and east astronomically to intersect 



