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Appendix No. 22 



Extract from O.L.S. E. L. Moore's report on subdivision lot 22, concession 17, 

 township of Ferris, Nipissing, dated North Bay, November 8th, 1924. 



"As shown on the plan accompanying this report, the lots range in area 

 from one half of an acre to nearly five acres. Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, are particularly 

 desirable while the other lots are more or less rough. Lot 9 comprises a rock 

 point which commands a fine view of the lake and for this reason is more desirable 

 than some of the others. 



"Cedar posts, three inches square, were planted to mark the various angles 

 of the lots, and in all cases were marked and mounded well with stones. The 

 iron posts which were supplied were marked and planted as indicated on the plan. 

 In all cases these were planted on the northerly side of the wooden post." 



Appendix No. 23 



Extract from O.L.S. R. S. Kirkup's report on certain concessions in township of 

 Sibley, Thunder Bay, dated Port Arthur, August, 1924. 

 "The soil is clay loam and clay, very rocky in the western half of the town- 

 ship and swampy in the southeastern portion, so that really until the swamps 

 are cleaned up the only available arable land lies in the northeastern section of 

 the township. 



"There is quite a quantity of timber left in the southeastern section which I 

 believe the Provincial Pulp and Paper Company will probably have cleared up 

 by next year. 



Water Power 



"The portion of Sibley township which I resurveyed lies practically all 

 within the watershed of Portage Creek, which flows down through the centre to 

 Black Bay, being fed by numerous small creeks en route. The Provincial Pulp 

 and Paper Company have an impounding dam located on section three in con- 

 cession 2, and this, when closed, backs up the water for over two miles. In fact, 

 I was unable to proceed with two of my lines until I had obtained permission to 

 let the water go. Below the dam it is fairly rapid and shallow, with a small 

 falls which is of no consequence as a water power. The old dam shown on the 

 plan is in a state of disrepair and is not used any more. Iron bars were planted 

 with pits and mounds at the points indicated on the accompanying plan, with 

 the exception of the one at the northwest angle of the township and one on the 

 third concession line, witnessing the post between sections 4 and 5, and here the 

 nature of the ground was so rocky, that I was unable to make the pits in the 

 prescribed matter, but planted the posts in cairns of stones. 



"While traversing the shores of Black Bay, I had the novel sensation of 

 being chased by a crazy woman with a very formidable pike pole. In fact, she 

 came so near to smashing up my transit that it was not really much of a joke 

 at the time. She was living in one of the old lumber camps at the outlet of 

 Portage Creek, but I have since learned that she has been removed to a place of 

 safety. I completed the survey on the 21st day of June, and returned with my 

 party to Port Arthur." 



