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Canadian National Railway through to the south boundary of the township of 

 Studholme the banks of the river are clay from five to twenty-five feet high, with 

 numerous small stretches of marshy shore. Except for a number of small 

 rapids and falls the current is slow and sluggish. True it is that there are a 

 number of rapids and falls, but no water power of any consequence could be 

 developed. 



Timber 



"This whole country appears to be fairly well clothed with timber of a 

 medium size; chiefly composed of spruce, birch, balsam, poplar, banksian pine, 

 with cedar along the streams, rivers and lakes ranging in diameter from six 

 inches to twenty-four inches. While a great part of the forests are only suitable 

 for pulpwood, yet there are clumps of spruce that average a fair size. On the 

 east shore of the lake, and on the north shore there are small areas covered with 

 norway pine between ten inches and twenty inches in diameter. A considerable 

 area of country stretching from the northwest Bay of Kabinakagami lake was 

 on fire during the progress of the survey. 



Soil 



"For the most part of the land around Kabinakagami Lake appeared clear 

 of very much surface rock, and no doubt would be suitable for agriculture as 

 soon as a sufficient area of the country was cleared so that climatic conditions 

 would not interfere due to the presence of too much bush. The soil is sandy in 

 places, while in others it runs to a sandy loam. As you go northward down the 

 Kabinakagami River the land is a clay loam much the same nature as the 

 country around Hearst and according to the few people at Kabina is very 

 productive in the line of vegetables. 



Fish and Game 



"The lake abounds with pickerel, pike and whitefish, with speckled trout in 

 the Kabinakagami River and adjoining streams. This country seems to be the 

 centre of the game country. Large numbers of moose with an occasional 

 caribou and red deer were seen at all times. The smaller fur bearing animals as 

 beaver, otter, fisher, mink and muskrat appeared quite plentiful. Wild fowl 

 appeared quite numerous. 



"No showings of minerals were met with at all throughout the survey." 



Appendix No. 32 



Extract from O.L.S. T. G. Code's report on traverse of part of Kabinakagami and 

 Kenogami Rivers, Cochrane, dated Cobalt, December 31st, 1923. 



"The Kabinakagami River is not used as a route to Mammawinattawa 

 Post to any great extent as other rivers flowing north from the Canadian National 

 Railway are less rough. In the township of Studholme there is a one-and-a-half 

 mile rapids. The portage about the same length, was in very poor condition 

 and had to be cut out. In high water considerable of this rapids might be run 

 by good canoemen. From the north boundary of the township of Studholme 

 all the portages are shown on the plans and field notes. All had to be improved. 



