1925 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 59 



"Island No. 154 was originally part of lot 22, concession 4, township of 

 Baxter. 



"Islands Nos. 156-158 were originally part of lot 23, concession 4, township 

 of Baxter. 



"Island No. 114 was originally part of lots 20 and 21, concessions 5 and 6, 

 township of Baxter. 



"Islands 115, 116, 117, 118, 119 and 96-were all originally part of lot 20, 

 concession 5, township of Baxter. 



"Island 135 is part of lots 18 and 19, concession 1, township of Matchedash. 



"Island No. 136 is part of lot 18, concession 1, township of Matchedash. 



"The townline crosses island No. 191 (part of it is in lot 18 , concession 1), 

 township of Matchedash, and part in lot 18, concession 14, township of Tay. 



"Islands Nos. 124, 125 and 128 are part of the west half of lot 21, concession 

 1, township of Matchedash. 



"Island No. 190 is part of lots 18 and 19, concession 14, township of Tay. 



"Island No. 139 is part of lot 19, concession 14, township of Tay. 



"Island No. 189 is part of lot 19, concession 14, township of Tay. 



"Islands Nos. 188, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 151, 152, 184 and 185, 

 originally were all joined together and was known as island No. 14, and shown as 

 such on the original plan of the township of Baxter. 



"Island No. 121 and the island known as Broadview were originally part of 

 island No. 22 or Burrows Island. 



"Islands No. 188 and 133 and parts of islands Nos. 137 and 145 have been 

 surveyed and plans made under former instructions." 



Appendix No. 28 



Extract from O.L.S. Speight & vanNostrand's report on survey of township of 

 Rowe, Rainy River, dated Toronto, October 30th, 1924. 



General Features 



"Topographically, the township of Rowe may be divided into two fairly 

 distinct parts. The southwesterly part — including practically all of concession 

 1, most of the west half of concession 2 and 3, and part of the west half of con- 

 cession 4, approximately a third of the township — is, generally speaking, level. 

 A few low ridges of granite break through the soil, but seventy-five per cent, of 

 this part of the township is probably fit for agricultural use. The soil is clay 

 loam to sandy loam, and the general character of the land is very similar to 

 that in township of Dewart to the west or Richardson to the south. 



"The remainder of the township, to the north and east, is for the most 

 part a succession of low granite ridges, or is rocky table land, varied in the 

 northern part by stretches of muskeg of considerable extent. 



"No streams of any importance enter the township. A number of small 

 creeks in the vsouth half unite to form the west branch of Split Rock River which 

 leaves the township near the middle of the west boundary. No lakes were seen 

 with the exception of a small muskeg lake in lot 2, concession 6. 



"The whole township was swept by fire about forty years ago, and very 

 little of the timber now growing has attained commercial size. Poplar has 

 grown up on the clay soil of the southwest part of the township, and comprises 



