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We left Nakina about four days after the ice was out of the lakes and as 

 might be expected, we had some cold weather and hailstorms, the first two 

 weeks. The season was comparatively dry, although we had slight showers and 

 cloudy weather, followed by westerly winds, which dried things up. We had a 

 very heavy rain on the 13th and 14th of August and during the latter part of 

 August several heavy thunder storms with very heavy lightning. The cloudy 

 weather prevented our getting observations. We had the usual summer frosts. 

 We had great difficulty at times in getting suitable camps. We had to corduroy 

 in come cases around the campfire and between the tents and the floors of the 

 tents had invariably to be covered with small trees and brush piled on them. 

 On two occasions we had to move camp over 5 miles before we could even get a 

 camp ground of any kind. What we termed low ridges this year would other 

 years have been called swamps. We think the shortage of water in the rivers 

 this year was largely due to the lack of snow last winter. 



The Indian Reserve, on the Kenogami River, was found to be about 1 mile 

 south of our line and is shown on the General Plan and Timber Plan, 



The only trading posts passed were those at the junction of the Kenogami 

 and Ridge Rivers, which have been in operation for some years. The Hudson's 

 Bay Company and Revillion Freres have stores. There is an Anglican Church 

 Mission and the presiding rector or missionary, teaches school for the Indian 

 children. There are several permanent houses belonging to the Indians and 

 several families in tents, the population in the summer being about 150. 



Appendix No. 23 



Extract from report and field notes of the resurvey of Township Boundaries in 

 and adjoining the District of Nipissing, by E, L, Moore, O.L.S., 1928. 



This survey consisted of retracing that part of the boundary line between 

 the townships of Boulter, Lauder and Pentland lying south of the Canadian 

 National Railway; the boundary line between Boulter and Wilkes; Chisholm, 

 Himsworth, Laurier and Ballantyne; Joly and Paxton; Butt and Proudfoot; 

 McCraney and Bethune and part of the line between Finlayson and Sinclair, in 

 all a distance of approximately fifty-seven miles. 



The original surveys of these townships were made between the years 1876 

 and 1882 by various surveyors and, apparently, the compass was the instrument 

 employed, in nearly all cases, for running the lines. The country through which 

 this line passes is very rough, hence the measurements and bearings as shown in 

 the records of the original surveys are not very reliable but the fact that these 

 surveys can be re-established after fifty years or more goes to show that these 

 pioneer surveyors put a great amount of honest endeavour in their work. 



Having employed a party of the most suitable men I could locate, I proceeded 

 on the 25th June to Kiosk on the Canadian National Railway, that being the 

 most convenient station to the north end of the survey and also being on a 

 water route leading into my work. After testing my measuring instruments and 

 breaking in the men to their respective duties, I finally got the survey proper 

 under way, though I experienced some difficulty locating a starting point as the 

 country in this vicinity had been severely burnt. 



Lumbering operations have been carried on more or less throughout this 

 country, hence theie are several roads, if they can be called such, as in most 



