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of 1,600 feet above sea level. On this road 30 culverts were built, and two small 

 bridges, with 44 and 40 feet span, constructed across Beaver and Polly Creeks. 



JSTominigan Eoad starts from the same station branching ofE the Minesing 

 Road about a mile from the railway station and runs in a north-westerly direction to 

 the outlet of Source Lake, where it crosses the Grand Trunk Eailway to the south 

 side, and then runs in a westerly direction to the east shore of Smoke Lake, near the 

 source of the Muskoka Eiver, where the Grand Trunk Eailway Company has con- 

 structed and is operating several beautiful summer resorts. The distance from the 

 railway station ta the Nomingan Camps by the road is about 8 miles, on which 25 

 culverts and one bridge, 38 feet in length, were constructed. 



The country passed through by these roads is rolling and rocky, mountainous in 



Grand Trunk summer resorts. The end of the Minesing Road, 

 Algonquin Provincial Park. 



places. From an agricultural point of view it has little or no value. The soil, 

 where there is any, is light sandy loam with small areas of clay soil in the swamps 

 and sand on the ridges. Unfortunately no gravel suitable for road purposes was 

 to be found along the road, the only road material being a light loam and rock. 



The land is well timbered with large birch, maple, ironwood and hemlock, 

 with here and there, along the shores of the numerous lakes, groves of small pine> 

 and on the high lands an occasional large white pine, the remains of the original 

 pine forest which has been cut off. 



A narrow wagon road had originally been cut out by the railway company. It 

 was widened to a width of from 24 to 30 feet, graded with the best material avail- 

 able and well ditched, and is at present suitable for the traffic. 



