62 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Water Courses 



"Little Abitibi as stated above is the next largest river to the big Abitibi, 

 with the French River a close second. New Post brook has an average width of 

 approximately one (1) chain with many small rapids. It provides a fair canoe 

 route to the Little Abitibi, which, however, is used little by Indians for reasons 

 mentioned above. 



Animal Life 



"A few moose were seen, but from indications, not plentiful. Beaver are 

 scarce also, but we saw indications of mink, marten and otter, and in one stream 

 named Trout Creek, we caught some nice brook trout." 



Appendix No. 31 



Extract from O.L.S. J. Coltham's report on traverse of Kabinakagami River, 

 Algoma and Cochrane, dated Parry Sound, December 24th, 1923. 



"Kabinakagami River lies within the townships of Ermine, Derry and 

 Lipton already outlined and in the township west of Ermine outlined this year 

 by Ontario Land Surveyor H. J. Beatty, of Pembroke. This lake is a beautiful 

 sheet of water dotted with numerous islands, ranging in area from a mere basket 

 of foliage to several hundreds of acres. The shores on the greater part of the 

 lake are rocky, rising from five to twenty-five feet high, with an occasional marshy 

 bay. While most of the rock is solid, there is considerable shore, especially 

 around the islands that is made up of loose boulders. At the extreme south end 

 of the lake a large grassy meadow extends for some three-quarters of a mile 

 southward. This in reality, for the most part cannot be termed a marsh as a 

 greater portion of the surface of it is hard firm ground. 



"Along with several smaller ones another grassy meadow of large area 

 lies adjoining the lake near and around the mouth of the Little Kabinakagami 

 River. As these meadows only rise slightly higher than the surface of the lake, 

 and no doubt in high water would be flooded, I thought it advisable to traverse 

 them as shown on the plans accompanying this report. The remainder of the 

 shore of this lake is rocky except for a number of clay outbanks on the east side 

 of the lake commencing near the mouth of the Oba River and numerous fine sand 

 beaches. The water appears, generally speaking, quite deep, except for the 

 east side, where reeds extend for some distance out in the lake. The shores of 

 the islands are rocky rising from five to twenty-five feet high. Most of these 

 islands are fairly level, and covered with early and are beautifully situated 

 for tourist sites. Only a few tourists were met with on this lake. 



"The Kabinakagami River from its outlet at the lake was traversed down 

 stream through the townships of Woolrich, Alderson, McFarlan, Verdun, 

 Landry, Irish and Nassau. Numerous portages have to be made around the 

 different rapids and falls, but these are mostly short and in good condition. 

 The river generally is between two and three chains in width, except in the 

 township of Woolrich where it enters and runs through a marshy lake for several 

 miles, varying in width from fifteen to thirty chains. From the north end of this 

 marshy lake to the Canadian National Railway the water runs swift and shallow. 

 Rock along the shore of the river is found in places through the township of 

 Derry, but from there on it is conspicuous by its absence. After leaving the 



