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power suitable for local purposes could be very conveniently developed here. 

 Similarly water power reserves were posted where the river enters Cygnet 

 Lake and also where the river falls into the Swan Lake expansion of Winnipeg 

 River. Heads of 19.6 feet and 13.9 feet respectively can be developed at these 

 points and good sites are available for the construction of the necessary dams 

 and power houses. At the south of Cygnet River the natural head of 13.9 feet 

 can be materially increased as there are two falls, one of 16.6 feet and one of 

 10.8 feet a short distance upstream but it is doubtful if the nature of the ground 

 will permit of the whole head being concentrated here. The facilities for a 

 good small power here are very good as Cygnet Lake will make a splendid 

 storage reservoir. The value of this power would of course be destroyed should 

 it ever be decided to concentrate any of the water powers on the English and 

 Winnipeg Rivers at Boundary Falls. 



"On the north side of Otter Lake, just north of Malachi township some 

 cottage sites have been surveyed. Where posts could be found marking these 

 surveys, they were tied to the survey. 



"A survey was made of the portion of Hawk Lake lying north of Islington 

 Indian Reserve, as well as of the small stream by which Hawk Lake empties 

 into One Man Lake. This waterway forms part of a much travelled canoe 

 route from Minaki to One Man Lake. This survey was started at an iron 

 post marked I.R. on the south side, on the east shore of Hawk Lake and finished 

 at Post No. 336 planted in 1923. 



"The country around this portion of Hawk Lake is high and rocky timbered 

 with spruce, jack pine, poplar, birch, etc. There are seven islands in this 

 portion of Hawk Lake, and these were surveyed and numbered from one to 

 seven in the manner previously described. 



"A traverse was made of the chain of small lakes forming the canoe route 

 from Sand Lake to Fiord Bay on English River, where it was connected to 

 Standard Metal Post No. 293 planted in 1923. This traverse was started from 

 the approximate position of post W. 37, planted by T. D. Green, O.L.S., in his 

 survey of Sand Lake and Winnipeg River in 1911. Unfortunately post W. 37 

 had been removed from its proper position as it was found lying on the beach 

 some distance away. There was not sufficient information available to enable 

 me to locate this post exactly so that its correct position had to be estimated. 

 From the nature of the ground it is almost a certainty that the true position of 

 this post is very close to the estimated position. 



"The traverse of these lakes followed the canoe route in addition to which 

 a complete survey was made of all the lakes passed through. There are five 

 islands in these lakes all marked in the usual manner. This route is much 

 used by tourists, fire rangers and others and forms a short cut from Minaki 

 to English River. The country along this route is generally high and rocky and 

 is well timbered throughout with spruce, jack pine, poplar, birch, balsam, etc., 

 with occasional clumps of red pine. There are some fairly large areas of second 

 growth of varying ages and in some cases the second growth is cjuite >'()ung 

 following comparatively recent fires. 



"A survey was also made of East Lake at Jones Station on the Canadian 

 National Railway. Favel Lake and thence north through Keyes, Bert, De- 

 laney and other lakes to a bay running south from Grassy Narrows Lake on 

 the English River, where a tie was made to transit station No. 187 of the survey 

 of 1923. Returning to the east end of Favel Lake the survey was carried along 

 the Canadian National Railway past Favel Station to Canon Lake, of which 



