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Timber 



Spruce appears to predominate; the average would be between six to ten 

 inches diameter. There is some cedar and balsam of up to twelve inches 

 diameter. Along the ridges considerable birch and poplar is to be found. 

 Taken as a whole, I would say the timber compares favourably with that farther 

 south. The only really large brule extends practically along the whole east 

 side of Little Abitibi Lake. 



Appendix No. 34 



Extract from report of survey of the Township of Shaw, District of Cochrane, 

 surveyed by Arch. Gillies, O.L.S., 1927. 



Most of this township has been burned over and is at present a timber 

 slash with a fairly heavy second growth of poplar, birch, jack pine, balsam and 

 alder brush. 



The soil is mostly clay or clay loam with a few inches of black loam surface. 

 Certain areas of boulders and clay are unfit for farming purposes. There 

 are various outcrops of rock mostly greenstone, and a high ridge of rough rocky 

 country in the fourth, fifth and sixth concessions being composed of greenstone 

 and porphyry rock. 



The greater portion of the area has been staked out as Mining Claims. 

 There are many patented and surveyed claims some of which are not now in 

 good standing. Some of these claims were evidently staked out for farming 

 purposes; there are several clearings and shacks but no one at present actually 

 living on the claims except in the camps on the Triplex Mining Property. Most 

 of these surveyed claims were surveyed in 1910 and 1911 before the big fire 

 and it with great difficulty that these claims may be found and when the lines 

 are located a good many of the posts have been burned or destroyed leaving no 

 trace of their location. Almost as much time was spent trying to relocate the 

 old surveyed claims as in surveying the township into lots. 



A traverse was made of the Redstone River in the fifth and sixth conces- 

 sion and tied in on the boundary and concession lines. 



