62 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Appendix No. 23 



Survey of Lakes and Rivers, District of Timiskaming 



Cobalt, February 28th, 1923. 



Sir, — In obedience to your instructions, dated July 25th, 1922, to traverse 

 certain lakes in the district of Timiskaming, I have the honour to report as 

 follows : 



Routine of Work 



The work was commenced with the survey of Reuben Lake on August 7th. 

 Completing this survey we moved camp on August 14th to Redwater Lakes. 

 Surveyed Rankin Lake, Upper and Lower Redwater Lakes and moved to 

 Boyce Lake on August 23rd. On September 3rd, we moved to Wicksteed 

 Lake and carried on with the survey of this lake to the south boundary of the 

 township of Kenny, completing the survey and moving to Cobalt on 

 September 23rd. 



The following is the mileage of traverse : 



Reuben Lake 13 miles. 



Rankin Lake 43^ " 



Upper and Lower Redwater Lakes 103^ " 



Royce Lake 16^ " 



Wicksteed Lake 58^ " 



Total 102^ " 



Method of Survey 



The method of survey was the same as in previous years, i.e., transit and 

 stadia. Particular attention was taken in the blazing and marking of trees 

 on islands and at about one mile intervals along the shore. 



In cases where township lines crossed the lakes they were properly posted 

 at one chain in perpendicular width from the shore. Bearing trees were marked 

 and both posts and bearing trees are shown in the plans and field notes. 



Description of Lakes 



Reuben, Rankin, Upper and Lower Redwater and Boyce Lakes are all 

 very similar as to shore line. The shore line being fairly high and mostly rocky. 

 The timber dififers somewhat. This is shown on the plans. 



Wicksteed Lake, this being farther south than the lakes previously mentioned, 

 the overburden along the shores is heavier and in many places is a good clay 

 loam — most suitable for farming. The country around the lake has been 

 timbered over for years. There is a very extensive brule to the east of the north 

 part of the lake, apparently running a little to the east of south. I walked over 

 six miles through this and it continued farther. The plan shows the timber 

 close to the shore at different parts of the lake. 



Owing to the lake level being raised, we had considerable difficulty at 

 some places in making the survey. This was more or less overcome by having 

 the rodman take compass shots through the flooded timber from the several 

 points on which he gave me readings, estimating as nearly as possible the distance 



