1915-16 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FOEESTS AND MINES. 121 



Company and completed to the already constructed portion. The whole has been 

 covered with earth and gravel by the Company, and a tramway laid from the rail- 

 road to the mine to enable the Company to ship their ore to the C. N. Ry. 



I'ownship of Blake, Crooks and Pardee : 

 Port Arthur and Duluth Highway — 



Nine miles of this road was regraded, ditches deepened, slide banks removed, 

 4 culverts were set and 2 small bridges erected. The road was continued a distance 

 of 7 miles to the Pigeon River (The International Boundary) ; it was cleared, 

 grubbed, ditched, 91 culverts set, 2 miles stone and corduroy foundation laid; the 

 whole was graded and 5 miles of gravelling was done. 



It is 44 miles from Fort William to the Pigeon River by this road. 



This road affords access to a large area of good lands in Pardee Township 

 lying to the west of the Stuart Mining Location, which has been isolated because 

 of the absence of a road through the latter. The valley of the Arrow Rivor (still 

 in the Crown) is also served by this road; this is also a large and nromising section. 



The Minnesota State Highway Commission has completed a road to connect 

 with this road at the Pigeon River from Duluth, distant 157 miles, and as soon as 

 an International bridge is erected, there is every reason to believe that there will 

 be a large traffic, more particularly tourist traffic, as the road passes through Grand 

 Marais one of the most attractive summer resorts on Lake Superior. There is also 

 a large area of good agricultural lands already settled south of and adjacent to the 

 boundary. The timber being cut in this section on both sides of the boundary is 

 manufactured at Port Arthur. 



SAULT STE. MARIE, SUDBURY, AND GOULAIS BAY TRUNK ROADS. 



New roads cut out and graded 3 miles 



New and old roads re-graded and surfaced with gravel 16 miles 



Old roads re-surfaced with stone 5 miles 



Old roads re-graded 15 miles 



Old roads repaired 6 miles 



Total miles under construction and repair 45 



The spring freshets commencing about the 20th of April last and the heavy 

 rains early in September did great damage to the roads in the Algoma and Sault 

 Ste. Marie districts, washing out culverts and bridges, and in other ways damaging 

 the roads. These damaged roads had to be repaired at considerable cost. Only a 

 few miles of new road were constructed. 



Gotilais Bay Road or that locally known as the People's Road, near the Town 

 of Sault Ste. Marie, was partly re-constructed. The old road was found to be 

 almost impassable in places and owing to the heavy grades several long diversions 

 around bad hills had to be made in ascending the mountain to the Goulais Bay 

 Valley, where there is a considerable settlement. In places the old road was very 

 stony and rocky, also narrow and undrained. The road has not yet been com- 

 pleted; owing to the wet weather in October it was found impossible to finish the 

 work on all the diversions. Difficulty in getting labour also retarded progress. 

 The road, as now located, when finished, will make a fairly good road, and will 

 give to a great number of settlers an opportunity of marketing farm produce at 

 all seasons of the year, as well as their timber. 



