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used for feed for a few head of cattle owned by the local Indians, and for a team 

 of horses which are the property of the Hudson's Bay Co.'s representative at 

 this point. 



"The timber around this lake is the usual poplar, spruce, jack pine, birch, 

 balsam, etc. and in some cases the quality is good and the quantity fairly large. 

 There are, however, large areas of second growth of varying ages, although 

 no signs of recent fires were seen. 



"Into a bay on the south side of the lake, a small stream enters, which drains 

 Hawk Lake, a fairly large lake lying partly in the Islington Indian Reserve. 

 There is a portage on this stream not far from the mouth, and at the upper end 

 of it a dam has been built by the Hudson's Bay Co. which floods out a small 

 stony rapids a short distance farther up stream. The survey was carried out 

 this stream as far as this portage and Post No. 336 was planted in a stone mound 

 near the end of the portage. A good canoe route exists from One Man Lake 

 to the Winnipeg River via this stream and Hawk Lake, from which a portage 

 about half a mile long through the Indian Reserve leads into a small lake con- 

 nected with Winnipeg River by a creek with barely perceptible current. My 

 party used this route coming out at the end of the season and found it very 

 convenient. 



"The English River where it flows out of One Man Lake is divided into two 

 channels by Island No. 603 which has an area of twenty acres. There is a 

 slight current at this point and the river immediately widens out into a small 

 lake expansion. The survey was discontinued for the season at this point on 

 the 27th September. Post No. 338 was set in a mound of stones at transit 

 station No. 1455 on the north sffbre of the north channel. 



"The portion of the English River and its lake expansions surveyed during 

 the season is of great natural beauty and the remarks made in the last year's 

 report as to the attractiveness of the English River as a holiday resort, apply 

 with equal force to the portion surveyed this season. One wonders why so 

 few tourists go that way. 



"The pulpwood resources of the territory covered during the season appear 

 to be very great, although it is of course obviously impossible to even hazard 

 an estimate as to the total quantity available, as this would have necessitated 

 systematic explorations inland, which it was not possible to undertake and 

 carry on the work of the survey. As far as could be seen from the river, there 

 does not appear to be any difference between the quantity or quality of the 

 timber on either side of the river, although it is impossible to say how far back 

 that condition continues. The amount of saw log timber is comparatively 

 small in proportion to the amount suitable for pulpwood. The scattered areas 

 of red and white pine are very small and the timber generally of poor quality, 



"Geologically speaking the greater portion of the area covered by the survey 

 is Laurentian. Near the west end of Separation Lake the formation changes 

 to diabase and schist which continue to about two miles above Kettle Falls, 

 where the granite again comes in and continues throughout the rest of the 

 territory covered by the survey. Local magnetic attraction was fairly pro- 

 nounced in a few places but no economic minerals were seen. 



"The river and lakes abound in pickerel and pike of large size and in some 

 of the lake expansions of the river, white fish are plentiful. Lake trout are 

 very plentiful in the lakes on the canoe route from Grassy Narrows Lake to 

 Jones Station. The Indians report that sturgeon are plentiful in One Man 

 Lake. 



