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Appendix No. 20 



Extract from report of T. G. Code, O.L.S., survey of residue,' township 

 of Fauquier, district of Cochrane. 



Formation 



"There are very few out-croppings of rock except along the shores of Remi 

 Lake. These are mostly granite. 



Soil 

 "The soil is a sandy clay loam. Very suitable for agriculture. 



Timber 



"On the high land which is about fifty feet above the level of Remi Lake, 

 the timber consists of poplar, birch, spruce and balsam. Poplar and birch 

 predominating. The size of timber being from 2 to 12 inches. In the swamps 

 the timber is mostly spruce of from 2 to 12 inches with some cedar and balsam. 



"There is only one muskeg in this portion of the township, being near the 

 west boundary. The timber here is very small spruce and some green tamarac." 



Appendix No. 21 



Extract from report of James S. Dobie, O.L.S., survey of lakes and rivers, 



including parts of Winnipeg and English rivers, district of Kenora. 



"Standard metal posts or monuments were cemented into holes drilled 

 in the rock at regular intervals along the shore in a manner similar to that 

 described last year. Twenty-two of these monuments were planted during 

 the season. In addition to these all permanent bench marks planted by the 

 Geodetic Survey of Canada along the line of the survey were located and properly 

 tied in. There were six of these bench marks including concrete monument 

 No. 82, on the south shore of Winnipeg river where it is crossed by the Ontario- 

 Manitoba boundary. 



"The survey of the portion of English and Winnipeg rivers completed 

 during the season was started at the outlet of One Man lake where post No. 338 

 was planted at the end of the season of 1923. The survey was carried as far 

 as the Ontario-Manitoba boundary, and up the Winnipeg river to Hudson's 

 Bay Company's post at White Dog, where a connection was made with the 

 survey of the Winnipeg river made by T. D. Green, O.L.S., in 1911. It was 

 also carried up Scot river as far as the first rapids, and through Swan lake to 

 the south of Cygnet river. From this point it was continued up Cygnet river, 

 through Cygnet lake and again up the river and into Otter lake where it was 

 connected with the north boundary of the township of Malachi. 



"The general characteristics of the country along the portion of the English 

 and Winnipeg rivers surveyed during the season of 1924 are very similar to 

 those described last year. Immediately below Island No. 603 which divides 



