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apply to the rapids further north wliere there i.s a difference in level of about iifty 

 feet between the head and foot of rapids; there is no part of either rapids that 

 cannot be run with a canoe. 



The south four concessions of the township, east of side-road 24 and 35 is 

 sandy and rolling and in places with hills from 20 to 50 ft. high. Commencing 

 on lots 24 and 25 the country is broken with rocky ridges in some places more than 

 100 ft. high and wholly unfit for agricultural purposes. This rocky country ex- 

 tends northward through the township. North of the line between concessions 4 

 and 5 there is a gradual change of soil from sand to clay, and there is some fairly 

 good agricultural land extending from the east boundary westward to the rocky belt 

 in the western part of the township. I do not think that there is more than forty 

 per cent, of the township fit for agricultural purposes. 



The Canadian Northern Eailway enters the township from the east in con- 

 cession 3 and crosses the north boundary in concession 12 on lot 13. 



The timber in the township is principally spruce and jack pine, a considerable 

 part of the latter being large enough for railway ties and some suitable for lumber. 

 There is a small area of red and white pine in concessions 1 and 2, extending from 

 lot 10 to lot 15, and again there is considerable pine in concessions G, 7, 8, 9 and 

 10, between side-road 6 and 7 and side-road 12 and 13. The rock formation is 

 granite. 



There are white fish, lake trout, speckled trout, pickerel and pike in Pishkano- 

 gama lake, and I expect the same in the expansions of the river farther north 

 although white fish and pickerel were the only kinds that we caught when camped 

 there, ^he only game I saw was moose. 



The village of Foleyet is on lots 5 and 6, in concession 6, and has a population 

 composed chiefly of railway employees. It is a divisional point on the Canadian 

 Northern Eailway. There are about twenty houses besides the round house and 

 machine shop. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) David Beatty, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, ; • « 



Toronto, Ontario. 



