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were crossed. We did not see any falls on these rivers, capable of development. 

 The Little Jackfish River, averages about 100 feet wide and has an average 

 current of about \}/2 miles per hour. There are several short swift places out- 

 side of the rapids. The other rivers have very little current, except at the rapids 

 and are shallow. Marshal Lake would have been an excellent Lake for tourists, 

 but since the recent fire has not much attraction. One American, Col. Deeds, 

 has a very extensive camp on an island in this lake. It is one of the most up- 

 to-date camps conceivable. O'SuUivan Lake has been traversed and a full report 

 made on it, before as has also Squaw Lake. 



Canoe Routes 



Five canoe routes were crossed, leading to the Canadian National Railways, 

 besides route used going in, up Little Jackfish River. From Summit Lake, the 

 route to Ombabika station has only short portages and can be made in about 

 5 hours. A route north leads to the Ogoki and Albany Rivers. From Summit 

 Lake east there is a route along the Lily River and Lake, through Marshal Lake 

 to Meta, Abamasagi Lakes on to O'Sullivan Lake. The Kawashkagama River 

 crossed our line in the 165th mile. This river flows north to Abamasagi Lake 

 and route goes south to Paska station on the Canadian National Railways. 

 Our packers with a light canoe left Paska station and arrived at O'SuJlivan Lake 

 in a day. They made three short portages on the way. 



From O'Sullivan Lake the Little Current River flows north. From the 

 south east end of this lake there is a route to Nakina station via Esnagami Lake 

 and Collins Lake to Cordingley Lake. The Esnagami River crossing our line at 

 mile 189 flows from Esnagami Lake, it is shallow with mucky bottom between 

 rapids. From Squaw Lake there is a route through John Bill Lake to Cammack 

 Lake to Cordingley Lake, from the south end of which an automobile road, about 

 21^ miles has been built t6 Nakina station, a divisional point, on the Canadian 

 National Railway. This route goes north along Squaw River to the Little 

 Current River. The portages between our line and Cordingley Lake east there 

 is a route to Wababimiga Lake and River where trail is blazed to end of our line. 



There was no route near our line between the Little Jackfish River and 

 Summit Lake, so we carried a small canoe along the line and then sent packers 

 back to take our canoes down the river to the railroad and brought them by train 

 to Ombabika station and up the Ombabika River through Cross Lake to Summit 

 Lake. We moved our supplies and camp by Lily River and Lake to Marshal and 

 Muskrat Lakes. We sent canoes around by Abamasagi Lake and up Kawash- 

 kagama River to the line again. We fly-camped through on the line with our 

 line crew. We again fly-camped through and sent canoe supplies around to 

 north of O'Sullivan Lake. From the east end of O'Sullivan Lake we fly-camped 

 through on the line to the Esnagami River, where our canoes and supplies again 

 met us. From here we again fly-camped through to Storm Lake where our 

 canoes and supplies met us coming by way of Squaw Lake. From Squaw Lake, 

 east we moved camp along the line until we got close to Wababimiga River. We 

 preferred to back track to Squaw Lake to sending our canoes around to meet us, 

 and it leaves everything better for when the line is produced. From Squaw 

 Lake we followed route to Nakina, arriving there on August 25th, where we 

 disbanded our party and stored our canoes. 



Game. 



There is very little game in the country of any kind. We did not see any 

 signs of beaver or any other of the smaller animals. We saw only a few indi- 



