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Appendix No. 24 



Extract from O.L.S. C. E. Fitton's report on subdivision of Horseshoe Island, 

 township of Baxter, Muskoka, dated Toronto, July, 1924. 



"After examining the island I found it would divide into five parcels giving 

 a good boat landing and place for a house on each parcel. I also subdivided 

 the part of Burrows Island, known as island 22 on the original plan of the town- 

 ship of Baxter, north of the parcel lately surveyed by Fitton & Chase for James 

 H. Wylie. The contour of the ground on the island was such that I judged it 

 advisable to divide it into eleven parcels. Several of these parcels are not of 

 much value, but the cost of survey was no more than if these had been omitted 

 from the plan. 



"I examined the point known as lot 20, concession 4, in the township of 

 Baxter, and laid out six parcels that I thought suitable for summer resort pur- 

 poses. Some of these parcels had signs marked 'private property' and I under- 

 stand the parties either had or would send in applications for them in due course. 

 I have prepared plans in duplicate in accordance with the Registry Act of these 

 subdivisions and submit them herewith, also list of the several parcels of land 

 giving the number and my valuation of the same." 



Appendix No: 25 



Extract from O.L.S. E. L. Moore's report summer cottage lots along shore of 

 Trout Lake, township of Widdifield, Nipissing, dated North Bay, September 

 9th, 1924. 



"I commenced the survey on the 9th of July, and upon inspection of the 

 ground found a desirable area for cottage lots in the west part of lot 5, concession 

 'C The first step was to locate the west limit of lot 5 and after considerable 

 searching I located the original bearing tree on the shore of the lake at the north 

 end of this line from which I located the site of the original post between lot 5 

 and lot 8, concession 'C Retracing the line south, I had no difficulty in 

 re-establishing it by the original blazes. 



"From the west limit of lot 5, I began to lay off lots, but soon found that to 

 do the work to the best advantage, it was necessary to make a shore traverse, 

 project the lots on paper and then lay them out on the ground. This system 

 was carried on throughout the survey. In this part of lot 5, I laid out lots 1 

 to 18, inclusive, and a few chains farther along the southwesterly shore of lot 5, 

 I laid out lots 19, 20, 21 and 22. The balance of lot 5, in concession 'C is mostly 

 rough land and wholly burnt. Passing along to lot 4, concession 'C,' I found 

 nothing suitable for lots on the south shore for about thirty-one chains east of 

 the line between lots 4 and 5, there being no shade trees. Continuing from this 

 point easterly I laid out the shore into lots, there being some very good locations, 

 which condition continues along the north shore to within about twenty-seven 

 chains from the west limit of township lot 4. The balance of lot 4 is too steep a 

 hillside to be desirable. In lots 4 and 5 in concession 'B,' I found nothing suitable 

 as the land back from the shore is a steep hillside running to aheight of 500 and 

 600 feet, and has been burnt over, as is also the case in lot 3, concession 'C,' with 

 the exception of one point in the southeast angle of lot 3, which has a good 

 building site, plenty of small trees and a good beach, so I laid this out as lot 72. 



