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On our return to the track we proceeded south from the end of the base 

 line via Long, Cliff, Island, Lewis and Tawatinaw Lakes. From Lewis Lake 

 to Tawatinaw Lake there are two routes but the one following the river is the 

 easier. 



Water Powers 



Some of the falls and rapids on the Allanwater River will make good power 

 developments. There are numerous falls and rapids on the other rivers but 

 the flow is small in most of these. 



General 



Big game was comparatively scarce throughout the entire country and 

 very little evidence of new beaver workings was seen, but this may be accounted 

 for by the fact that we were travelling over well used routes most of the time. 



Pickerel and pike are numerous in all the lakes, especially the former. 

 Lake trout were found in Lake Savant. Speckled trout are said to be plentiful 

 in some of the streams but none were caught. 



Many of the northern lakes are filled with wild rice. This is gathered 

 in large quantities by the local Indians. 



We were unfortunate in having our entire camp outfit destroyed by fire 

 on May 24th. The fire was evidently started through the carelessness of one 

 of the members of our advance party. No damage was done to the surrounding 

 forest save burning over about five acres of brush. 



Accompanying this report you will find the usual notes, plans and accounts. 



We have the honour to be. Sir, 

 Your obedient servants, 



Phillips & Benner, 



Ontario Land Surveyors. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 27 

 Survey of Base and Meridian Lines, District of Thunder Bay 



Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., November 14th, 1923. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report on certain base 

 and meridian lines in the District of Thunder Bay, surveyed during the summer 

 of 1923 under instructions from your department, dated April 15th, 1923. 



I left Sault Ste. Marie for Bucke, Ontario, via A. C. & H. B. Ry. and N. T. 

 Ry. on Monday, July 2nd, with a party of six. We stayed over night at Franz 

 and were joined by four Indians from Chapleau. When we arrived at Bucke 

 at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning I found my assistant, R. P. G. Laurence 

 already there with Indians from Lac Seul, together with Mr. T. L. Gledhill,. 

 the geologist who was to accompany the party. Our provisions and canoes 

 had already been transported to Sturgeon Lake by wagon under the kind super- 

 vision of Mr. Halvorsen, the Hudson's Bay Company manager, so that we were 



