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of a main route from the railway to Lake St. Joseph. There are no other main 

 routes in this vicinity. 



Rock Formation 



I will not attempt to submit anything on this, as it will be covered by Dr. 

 Moore, who made a geological survey of this area during the past summer. I 

 might mention, however, that encouraging gold finds have been made at the 

 south end of Savant lake and large deposits of copper-bearing rocks exist in the 

 vicinity of Never Freeze lake, which is west of Savant lake. I am led to believe 

 that both sections offer some mining possibilities. 



Animal Life 



Moose and bears are plentiful. There are also some red deer. While this 

 country must have been a hunters' paradis ^ at one time it does not seem so now, 

 in particular reference to the fur-bearing animals. Fires may be partially 

 responsible for this. 



Fish chiefly consist of pickerel and lake trout and are fairly plentiful. There 

 are two fishing outfits working on Savant lake at the present time. 



Appendix 25 



Extract from Report and Field Notes of the Survey of the Traverse north from 

 Lake St. Joseph, District Thunder Bay— H, B. Proudfoot, 1927. 



The water was very high on Lake St. Joseph, and the shore line at a point 

 opposite the Indian Reserve was high. The overhanging cedars and rounded 

 points made traverse work slow and the weather — rain, high winds — prevented 

 fast work, all th way to the north end of Dog Hole bay, the northerly end of 

 Lake St. Joseph, to which point the work was not completed until the 26th June. 



From Dog Hole lake through Annimwash, Kasagaminnis, Little and Big 

 Ochig lakes, work was considerably delayed by the same causes encountered on 

 Lake St. Joseph, namely, high water and rounded points, necessitating a large 

 amount of cutting, and added to that, shallow, mucky bottoms, rendering 

 canoeing difficult and slow. The portages between these lakes were short and 

 in fairly good shape. The fact that the large amount of supplies carried rendered 

 it necessary to make three or four trips across each portage another cause of 

 delays. 



Like the rest of the country travelled, the timber, mostly spruce, was very 

 small where not burned. 



The portages from Big Ochig lake to Kapkishigama lake were long and in 

 very bad shape, very wet and numerous windfalls. 



Wimbabika lake is a good body of water, clear and free of muck. The 

 route to Kawinogan river via Pickle lake is through Wimbabika lake though 

 not much used on account of the long portages. 



As will be seen by the plans, Kapkishigamaga lake is a considerable body 

 of water, the north shores being fairly high but mostly old brul6. On the south, 

 spruce predominates with some poplar and birch. Overhanging cedars, high 

 water and rounded points delayed work. The shore line at the east to the end 

 of this lake was of such a nature that I found it advisable to survey the same by 

 triangulation. 



The survey of Kawinogans river, the outlet of the above lake, initiated the 

 first real trouble in this work. The banks of the river (averaging about one chain 



