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Municipal Surveys. 

 Pursuant to sections 15, 16 and 17 of the Surveys Act, petitions for the 

 resurvey of lines laid out under competent authority have been received from 

 the Corporations of the Municipalities of: 

 Township of Lancaster. 

 Township of Harvey. 

 City of Brantford. 

 Township of Sunnidale. 

 City of Toronto. 

 Surveys performed and confirmed were: 



Part of the 5th concession of Township of Williamsburg. 

 Part of the town line between the Townships of Niagara and Grantham. 

 Part of road allowance between lots 3i and 32, 1st concession, Town- 

 ship of Lancaster. 

 Detailed reports of the several surveys will be found in appendices 20 to 34, 

 inclusive. 



Provincial Parks. 



Ontario abounds in natural recreation grounds and no better evidence of 

 its great asset in this regard is found than in those areas specifically set apart 

 and classed as parks. 



Algonquin Park, in the older part of the province, is the rendezvous of 

 tourists both summer and winter from all parts of the continent. Its attractive 

 features are loudly praised by all who experience its delights, and the tourist 

 traffic resulting therefrom, with the attending circulation of money, is in itself a 

 very important factor in the business of the country. Of still greater importance 

 is the park from the viewpoint of fur industry and game-hunting. The large 

 area, protected as it is by some forty government rangers throughout the entire 

 year, has proved a veritable breeding ground for the red deer, whose supply in 

 contiguous grounds might .have long since disappeared had it not been for this 

 haven of protection. A large restricted field like Algonquin Park, so admirably 

 adapted for the propagation of muskrat, beaver, mink, marten, etc., assures 

 adjoining territory of a more certain trapping ground, and as long as poachers 

 can be successfuly kept outside of the park limits, natural reproduction will 

 result and adjacent trapping grounds will be fed. 



Rondeau Park, in Kent Coimty, picturesquely nestles itself in a peninsula 

 of Kent county, extending into Rondeau Bay, and, for its size, some seven 

 thousand acres, is credited with having more red deer to a square mile than any 

 like area in the province. Its wide stretch of water beaches on both sides, with 

 excellent bathing and boating facilities, its dreamy bowers of woodland and magni- 

 ficent mixed forest, excellent tourist sites and its general exclusiveness, all tend 

 to captivate the visitor who becomes a summer resident by securing a lease from 

 the Crown. 



Quetico Park, containing over one million acres, is situated in Rainy River, 

 on the international boundary, and is the home of the finest quality of a red 

 and white pine stand. Timber operations are being conducted on a basis of a 

 brush-burning experiment in the hope of assuring a regrowth under favourable 

 conditions. Hunting and trapping is forbidden in the park, and the care and 

 protection thus afforded the animals conduce towards the rehabilitation of the 

 surrounding hunting and trapping grounds. 



In the display at the Canadian National FIxhibition held last year, the 

 Department transplanted a small corner of park life from Northern Ontario to 

 Toronto, where thousands viewed it with pleasure and profit. 



