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Herewith are the usual returns of the survey, consisting of field notes and 

 two plans on tracing linen on a scale of twenty chains to an inch. Also my 

 account in triplicate, together with the usual affidavits. 



Trusting that this will be satisfactory, 



Your obedient servant, 



James S. Dobie, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Hon. The Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 27 



Extract of Report of E. L. Cavana, O.L.S., traverse lakes and rivers in Quetico 

 Park, districts Thunder Bay and Rainy River. 



Orillia, 10th February, 1927. 



Sir, — In accordance with instructions from your Department, of date 

 May 6th, 1926, beg to report that surveys were completed of lakes, rivers and 

 portages in Quetico Park, in the districts of Thunder Bay and Rainy River, as 

 follows: Windigoostigwan Lake, French Portage, French Lake, Pickerel Lake, 

 Pickerel River, Beg Lake, Bud Lake, Fern Lake, Pike Lake, Dore Lake, Sturgeon 

 Lake, Tanners Lake, Maligne River, and part of Lac La Croix to the international 

 boundary, embraced within the scope of said instructions and returns completed 

 within the period, June 5th, 1926, and February 10th, 1927. 



Particulars of the nature of the country, timber, location of portages and 

 rapids are noted on the plans. Posts numbered consecutively from 1 to 126, 

 from Quetico Station to Lac La Croix, were planted at prominent points indicated 

 on accompanying plans, being of cedar or pine, well driven in the ground where 

 possible, and surrounded by stone mounds. The country throughout is of an 

 undulating, rough and broken rocky formation, rocky ridges. Sand occurs 

 occasionally, and traces of clay along creek bottoms. The rock is granite. The 

 timber is scattered, getting larger and more thickly wooded in the west and 

 consisting chiefly of poplar, banksian pine, and birch, a few spruce, and scattered 

 Norway and white pine. There are a few small stands of Norway and white 

 pine. The water of Pickerel Lake is held up three to four feet above normal by 

 lumber company dams at the outlet of Pickerel River, and partly diverted into 

 Batchewaung Lake, making it more difficult to traverse these shores. 



Bear, moose, and red deer were frequently seen. Mink, muskrat and 

 beaver were plentiful, with abundance of fish, lake trout, pickerel and pike. 

 Wolves appeared to be numerous; partridges very scarce. A line of approx- 

 imate levels was carried from Geodetic Survey of Canada Bench Mark Number 

 65E, at Quetico Station, to Lac La Croix. The traverse was tied to the district 

 boundary between Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts, O.L.S. Gillon's line 

 1926, on both shores of Windigoostigwan Lake, and to O.L.S. Phillips and 

 Benner's line, 1926, on both shores of Sturgeon Lake; also to Quetico Station 

 grounds and the international boundary at Lac La Croix. 



