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river has been used at one time but is now too much filled in with windfallen 

 timber. Other portages were cut out as shown. Vermilion river is fairly flat 

 and has only a few short portages between Highstone lake and Lac Seul. 



West from Lac Seul we used the long bay running west from the south- 

 west corner of Scout bay. The old protage into Wabaskang lake was opened 

 up here. West from here we used the portages indicated on the air map. There 

 is a portage from the northwest corner of Zizania lake into the river shown to 

 the north of it. 



From the end of our line at the English river we took the course down the 

 English to the Wabigoon river and then up this to the track. This was a two- 

 day trip. 



General 



No falls or rapids of any size suitable for power development were noticed 

 except on the English and Wabigoon rivers, and these have apparently been 

 covered by surveys and reports. 



Big game was very plentiful. In only a few spots were indications of new 

 beaver cuttings noticed. Partridge and rabbits are extremely scarce this 

 season. 



The lakes are well stocked with the ordinary species common to our northern 

 waterways. 



Appendix 24. 



Extract from Report and Field Notes of the Survey of Township Outlines in 

 vicinity of Savant Lake, District Thunder Bay, H. W. Sutcliffe, O.L.S., 1927. 



Savant lake is fairly easily accessible by a canoe route, which leaves the 

 Canadian National Railway at a point approximately 1 }/2 miles east of Savant 

 Station (formerly known as Bucke). 



The distance along this route from the railway to the nearest point on 

 Savant lake is approximately 10 miles, including 3 portages from one-quarter 

 to three-quarter miles in length. The portages are travelled a good deal and are 

 in very good condition. 



There are many beautiful lakes in Ontario, particularly in the northwesterly 

 section of the province, but Savant lake is one of the prettiest I have ever been on. 

 While it is true that much of the country around about there was destroyed by 

 fire, along with thousands of square miles burnt during the time of the C. N. 

 Railway construction, it is rather remarkable that only a very small part of 

 the shore line of Savant lake was touched by fire, and the lake still remains in 

 its original natural splendour. 



There are many other lakes in all directions, to which many canoe routes 

 lead from Savant lake, and as the fishing is generally speaking, good in these 

 lakes, it would seem to me that unless this area should prove more useful in some 

 other way, such as mining, it should eventually become a very desirable and 

 popular tourist resort. 



The months of July and August were chosen as the time in which to do this 

 work. 



Using O.L.S. Beatty's 1927 line as a base, I ran my lines north and south. 

 The east and west lines were run in the direction which it was most convenient 

 to do. 



