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Appendix No. 24 



Extract from report and field notes of the survey of Township Outlines in the 

 District of Nipissing, by E. W. Neelands, O.L.S., 1928. 



Geological Formation 



The formation for the most part consists of gneiss or granite gneiss in 

 ridges with strike 5° E to 25° E, abrupt on the west side and sloping east. On 

 the second base line both east and west of the first meridian conglomerate 

 boulders indicated the presence of that formation at no great distance though 

 none in place was seen. Between Diamond and Blue Lakes a large outcrop of 

 white quartz with black mica was noted beside the logging road while high hills 

 one mile south of the S. E. corner of McAuslan township are of the same for- 

 mation. The Gneiss is very micaceous and contains evidence of considerable 

 iron between Diver and Clear Lake. 



Water Power and Canoe Routes 



Although the Ottertail has a fall of approximately 1,000 feet between the 

 railway and Lake Temiskaming the storage facilities and discharge are not 

 sufficient to make any development at the present time attractive. 



Information re approximate locations of lakes was obtained from lumber- 

 men or fire rangers. Improvements on this river make it fairly easy for canoes 

 at present, but they are rapidly breaking up. Improvements below McKenzie 

 Lake near the Railway makes an unbroken canoe route to the end of Snowshoe 

 Lake. 



The canoe route from Temagami to MacDonald Lake is broken only by 

 five small portages and now used to a considerable extent by tourists. 



Timber 



The only mature pine of importance remaining is in the townships of Eld- 

 ridge and Hartle and shown as closely as possible from personal observation and 

 from information obtained from lumber foremen or timber cruisers. 



In the Eastern townships several stands of middle aged jackpine were noted 

 as shown on timber plan while the timbered section along the old Sarnia and 

 Cleveland logging road has rapidly grown up with mixed timber and compara- 

 tively little undergrowth. 



The remaining area, that has not been timbered recently is being naturally 

 re-forested. 



No marks of recent fires were noted. 



Soil 

 No agricultural land of importance was noted during the entire survey. 



Appendix No. 25 



Extract from report and field notes of the traverse of Kamiskotia River, Dis- 

 tricts of Sudbury, Temiskaming and Cochrane, by A. Gillies, O.L.S., 1928. 



We began the Traverse Survey of Kenogaming Lake on the morning of 

 July 22nd. My party consisted of seven men, and we had three seventeen foot 

 canoes and one outboard motor. The motor was only used in going to and 

 from work and in moving camp. The black flies and mosquitoes were at their 

 height and the season was very wet, in fact it rained part of nearly every day 



