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Rock 



East of Fishhawk Lake, north of Rainmaker Lake, and west of Russell 

 Island in the Lake of the Woods, the rock is Huronian. The rock in the central 

 and northern portions is of Keewatin formation. Twenty-five years ago con- 

 siderable attention was given to this territory by prospectors looking for gold 

 and some minor development work was done on a number of claims. Nothing 

 permanent resulted however. More recently, interest in the rocks of this region 

 has revived as it has been found somewhat similar formations in other parts of 

 Northern Ontario have yielded valuable returns. 



Water Power 



Small water power developments are possible at the outlet from Rowan 

 Lake, where there is a drop of about thirty feet, also at the outlet from Denmark 

 Lake. There is a beautiful falls about one and a half miles below the outlet 

 from Atikwa Lake, where there is a sheer drop of approximately forty feet into 

 Cascade Lake. The volume of the water at this point, is, however, comparatively 

 small. 



Canoe Routes 



Ready access to the east end of our line from the Canadian Pacific Railway 

 at Dinorwic or Wabigoon is had by way of Gold Rock Portage. This portage 

 is the only one of any length involved and, as stated earlier, a wagon is at present 

 available for transport across it. No route seems now to be maintained from 

 Manitou Lake westward. Enquiry among the Indians failed to locate any who 

 were familiar with a route across to the Lake of the Woods watershed. Our 

 canoes were therefore taken back to Wabigoon and thence by rail to Kenora. 

 A regular transport service is maintained from there to Whitefish Camp by 

 Mr. Anton Vick. From Whitefish it was possible to go east to Fishhawk Lake, 

 south to the end of our meridian line and north to Atikwa Lake, by easy canoe 

 routes. The chart of Lake of the Woods published by the Department of 

 Marine and Fisheries supplemented by buoys, greatly facilitated travel on that 

 lake. 



Fish and Game 



Moose and red deer were seen during the summer and the red deer particularly 

 were plentiful. The remains of an unusual number of carcasses however, were 

 noticed in the woods, suggesting unfavourable conditions during the previous 

 winter. Numbers of beaver houses were noticed in the less accessible areas and 

 there seemed to be more of the animals than in the districts travelled by us during 

 the preceding year or two. Bear were occasionally seen on the western part of 

 the work. Partridges were still very scarce, but the broods were somewhat 

 larger than those noticed during the past two years. The members of the 

 party made good catches of lake trout in a number of the lakes and in most of 

 the lakes readily obtained pickerel and pike. 



Appendix No. 22 



Extract from Report of Ontario Land Surveyor R. M. Gourlay, survey of Eagle 

 Lake district of Kenora, 1927. 



Physical Features 



The shore line of Eagle Lake is typical of the Kenora Lake district, steep 

 and rocky. All the rivers met with except Eagle River, flow into the lake and 

 these are bounded by muskeg shores. 



