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small amount of fall between, a possible head of forty-five feet could be con- 

 centrated at this point, which with a regulated minimum flow of 8,000 c.f.s., and 

 eighty per cent, efficiency would give approximately 33,000 horsepower. The 

 splendid storage facilities provided by the lakes above would render it possible 

 to maintain a peak load of very much greater than this for several hours. There 

 are two low places on each side of the river where levees would have to be con- 

 structed and considerable survey work would have to be done here, to determine 

 just what are the possibilities in this direction. 



"On the other hand a dam at Middle Kettle Falls to raise the water level 

 back to Maynard Falls, flooding out Separation Rapids, could be constructed as 

 the necessary elevation could be obtained within a short distance of the shore 

 on either side. There are a couple of places where short levees would be required. 

 In order to concentrate the total head of the three falls at this point, it would be 

 necessary to pipe the water to a power house below the Lower Kettle Falls, a 

 distance of over half a mile, and this might present some difficulty, as some of the 

 ground to be crossed is very low. 



"I merely point out these possibilities, but make no recommendation as to 

 what is the best plan for development of this power as a great deal of careful 

 investigation will have to be undertaken before an intelligent opinion can be 

 formed. Suffice it to say that there is here a power possibility of very great 

 magnitude. 



"From the Lower Kettle Falls, the river flows in a UDrthwesterly and 

 westerly direction to One Man Lake. This stretch of river is fairly wide resemb- 

 ling a long narrow lake in places. In other pl$|fes it narrows and flows with a 

 strong current. Sturgeon River comes in from the north, about three miles 

 upstream from One Man Lake. This stream was traversed for about two miles 

 to the first portage, where post No. 313 was planted in a mound of stones on the 

 north bank. There is a fall of about twenty feet here, with another one visible 

 a short distance upstream. This stream is of fair size, and drains a number of 

 small lakes lying to the north. The portion of Sturgeon River traversed is wide 

 with no perceptible current. The banks are high a short distance back from 

 the shore, although there are some stretches where the shore is low and grassy, 

 but the high ground is not far behind. 



"The English River, along this stretch, has high banks for the most part, 

 although there are a couple of the marshy bays characteristic of the river, where 

 some low ground exists. In these cases, however, it is not far back, to the high 

 land. The prevailing timber is similar to that on the upper stretches, poplar, 

 spruce, jack pine, etc., with considerable areas of second growth. 



"One Man Lake is seven and a quarter miles long. It has high rocky 

 shores, although there are several sections where considerable areas of clay 

 soil exist. The largest area is around the north end of the lake. At this end 

 of the lake there is an Indian Reserve where a small number of Indians make 

 their headquarters. The Hudson's Bay Co. also have an outpost on the north 

 shore a short distance east of the Indian Reserve, where the English River 

 enters the lake. 



"One Man Lake is a fairly large sheet of water, with a number of high 

 rocky islands. There are a number of deep bays on both sides of the lake, each 

 one with the characteristic marsh at the end of it. In addition to these marshes 

 there is a considerable area of flat hay land around the mouth of the creek which 

 flows through the west side of the Indian Reserve. On this wild hay is cut and 



