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this appeared to be cut by a number of Hegmatite dykes. At the south end of 

 the meridian from the 24-mile post on the base line, there was some iron 

 formation. 



"The lower lying land appears to be covered with clay soil while the ridges 

 are sandy. Along the Wenesaga River the banks are clay for the most part, 

 but back from the river a short distance the soil is sandy. 



"A considerable part of this area was burned over a number of years ago 

 and is growing up with jack pine, poplar and birch. This growth has now 

 reached about three inches in diameter. Areas escaping the fire are timbered 

 with spruce as large as twelve inches but for the most part not above six inches; 

 jack pine to sixteen inches; large poplar, some thirty inches in diameter, and white 

 birch. The large jack pine appears to be faulty. 



"While this country is not particularly rough there are numerous falls and 

 rapids on all the streams. The larger ones. Woman Lake River, Trout Lake 

 River and Wenesaga River, would furnish considerable power but no great 

 amount could be developed at any one place." 



Appendix No. 21 



Extract Township Outlines, district of Patricia, by Beatty Sc Beatty. 



"In accordance with instructions dated the 19th day of March, 1926, 

 we beg to submit the following report on the survey of the 10th base line, and 

 certain meridian lines in the district of Patricia. 



"We proceeded from Pembroke via the Canadian National Railway to 

 Hudson where we organized our party. We engaged the Hudson's Bay Company 

 there to take our party and outfit up Lac Suel to their post at Pine Ridge by 

 means of a york boat towed behind a gasoline launch. This trip was made in 

 about fifteen hours travelling. From Pine Ridge we travelled by canoe up the 

 Winnesaga River, the Oochi River to Fly Lake, Clearwater Lake, Washagomis 

 Lake and Long Lake or Swain's Lake to Shabumeni Lake. We chose this 

 route to the other rout via Packwash Lake and Trout River, as the lakes were 

 smaller and offered more protection against the wind. There are nineteen 

 portages on this route, the longest of which is about sixty chains from Mud to 

 Sucker Lake to the Oochi River. The portage from the Oochi River to Fly 

 Lake is about forty chains. The remainder of the portages are short, varying 

 from two to eight chains. All the portages are well cut out and the only bad 

 feature of this route is the probability of the water in the Oochi River being low. 

 The weather was bad on our trip in and it took us six days to make Shabumeni 

 Lake. We made the trip out in two and a half days. 



Soil 



"In the area covered, there is no land suitable for agricultural purposes. 

 The soil is sandy with boulders and numerous outcrops of rock. Practically 

 the whole district is covered with a layer of moss carying in thickness from three 

 to eighteen inches. There are low ridges rising out of the swamps that are 

 simply beds of boulders. It is estimated that 50 per cent, of the country is 



