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The soil throughout the township is nearly all a stiff clay. There is some 

 sandy and sandy loam on the south side of the Lacloche Mountains. In some 

 places there are tracts of soil unbroken by rock, probably from 10 to 15 acres in 

 extent, but generally it occurs in small patches between the rocky ridges. A 

 settler in lot 11, concession 6, has, however, cleared about 35 acres which seems 

 very little broken by rock. Probably from 20 to 30 per cent, at least of con- 

 cessions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, is tillable. Concession 2 is very much broken by the 

 Lacloche Mountains. 



The rock formation is almost entirely Huronian. North of Raven Lake 

 it is mostly clay slate and various schists. In the central portion there are 

 also occasional small ridges of diorite, or diabase. On lots 7 and 11, concession 3, 

 there are prospects of mineral, somewhat developed. The Lacloche Mountains, 

 extending across the southern portion, are mainly quartzite. Where they 

 extend easterly into the Whitefish Indian Reserve, there occurs along the Al- 

 goma Eastern Railway a large hill of chert. 



As shown in colour on the timber map north of Raven Lake, concessions 5 

 and 6, it is nearly all old brule, with an occasional small patch of scattered 

 timber. In concessions 3, 4 and part of 5, there is considerable fair sized balsam, 

 spruce, cedar, poplar, white and yellow birch, hemlock, jack pine, maple, tamarac, 

 ash and some black spruce. A good deal of it is merchantable. There is also 

 considerable large red and white pine in this area. In concessions 1 and 2 

 there is the same timber, also some scrub red oak and ironwood. The merch- 

 antable pine has been pretty well cut out of this area. There is a tract of old 

 brule, with little good timber, lying between Fox Lake and Block A. 



West River, between Raven Lake and Marsh Lake, on account of being 

 dammed up is mostly sluggish, and is from 20 to 40 feet wide. Below Marsh 

 Lake it is a succession of narrow gorges for some distance, and in this section 

 some power might be developed on it. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



T. J. Patten, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

 The Honourable Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 31 



Traverse of Shore Line of Lakes Minnietakie and Big Sandy, 

 District of Kenora 



Port Arthur, Ont., December 14th, 1923. 



Sir, — I have the honour to report that in accordance with your instructions, 

 dated April 10th, 1923, I have made a traverse of the islands and shore lines 

 of Lakes Minnietakie and Big Sandy, both in the District of Kenora, and beg 

 to submit the following report : 



I commenced the survey at the intersection of the southerly boundary 

 of Drayton township and the westerly shore of Lake Minnietakie and con- 

 tinued southwesterly along the shore of said lake to the mouth of Pickerel 

 Narrows. 



