1925 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 61 



"There are no government roads constructed now within the Hmits of the 

 township. The Dawson Road is about half a mile south of the southwest angle 

 and there would be no difficulty in constructing a road to connect with this. 

 There is a wagon road running northeast from Buda. This strikes the north 

 boundary of the township just west of the northeast angle of lot 3, and then 

 continues along the north limit and on into Forbes township. It was cut out for 

 a summer road into one of Greer's camps. There are several winter roads 

 crossing the northerly and westerly parts of the township. These were used in 

 bringing out the logs to the track last winter and the grades on most of them are 

 easy. 



"There are no squatters within the limits of the township and the only 

 improvements noticed were the Greer camps. The southerly boundary cut off 

 a portion of the clearing and a small out-house of the settler located on lot 78, 

 concession 'B,' Dawson Road lots. 



"Game is not plentiful, but a few deer and beaver were noticed." 



Appendix No. 30 



Extract from O.L.S. Sutcliffe & Neeland's report on survey of township outlines, 

 district of Cochrane, dated New Liskeard, December 3rd, 1923. 



Soil 



"For the most part the soil within the limits of the survey is sand, clay or 

 both mixed, but mostly a sandy clay, even in the low ground, and not con- 

 sidered from an agricultural standpoint in the same class with soil near Cochrane. 



Timber 



"Spruce, jack pine, poplar, birch and balsam covers the country in quantity 

 in the order named, but on the whole, is much smaller than that found farther 

 south. In fact over large areas the timber is small and thin. A fairly large 

 area also in the vicinity of New Post brook and Little Abitibi River has been 

 burned over, but the timber, burnt, generally speaking, was not large. 



Minerals 



"No minerals of economic value were observed, and the only outcroppings 

 of rock seen were granite. 



Water Powers 



"A drop of possible eighty (80) or ninety (90) feet occurs on New Post 

 brook, about thirty (30) chains east of New Post, but the low water flow is not 

 sufficient to make it valuable while larger and better powers on the Abitibi 

 within ten (10) miles are undeveloped. 



"The Little Abitibi River averages over three chains in width, and over 

 practically the whole length between the second and third base lines is one series 

 of rapids, with comparatively low banks and few outcroppings of rock, and 

 considered also of small value from the standpoint of power or navigation. 



