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Practically all the streams have been improved for lumbering purposes but 

 many of the old dams etc., are now in a poor condition. There are numerous falls 

 on these streams but the flow is hardly sufificient to make them valuable for water 

 power development. The Quartzite area mentioned is very rough with numerous 

 high hills. The Ontario Forestry Branch have a tower on one hill known as 

 Silver Mountain from which a wide area can be viewed. 



A considerable number of tourists visit this region by way of Collins Inlet 

 and from Lake Panache. There is good fishing in most of the lakes and a great 

 number of deer were seen during the period the party was on traverse work. 



Appendix No. 27 



Extract from Traverse of Lakes and Rivers west of the Township of Carlyle in 

 the District of Manitoulin, by T. J. Patten, O.L.S., 1928. 



With the exception of the narrow river sections, and the few small tracts 

 marked "flooded" or "flooded marsh", there is very little of the shore traversed 

 which is not suitable for summer resort purposes; though in a considerable 

 portion the timber is yet rather too small to make the shores attractive. 



The country generally is rocky and broken, with occasional small patches 

 of arable land, mostly clay, between the ridges. There are scarcely any large 

 tracts of arable land, except a narrow strip along the rivers in places. 



Several ridges of quartzite, 300 to 500 feet high, were observed. 



In the valley containing Leech and Harwood Lakes, and smaller lakes to the 

 east, the country rock is very favourable for the prospecting of mineral. 



A matter of very great importance is the repair, or re-building, of the dam 

 where Kirk Creek flows out of Long Lake. The dam was built many years ago 

 by the lumbermen. If it were to go out it would greatly mar the attractions of 

 Long Lake in making the shores very unsightly. And it would appear that if 

 the water should revert to its original level there would be three lakes instead 

 of the very attractive one at present, and would probably affect the lake badly as a 

 canoe route. 



It is on a main route from McGregor Bay and Bale Fine to Lake Panache. 



Appendix No. 28 



Extract from a stadia Traverse of parts of Michipicoten River, Magpie River, 

 Whitefish River, Shikwamka River, District of Algoma, by C. R. Kenny, 

 O.L.S., 1929. 



Magpie River 



This river has its source in Esnagama Lake and crosses the Main Line of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway at a point about six miles west of Franz Ontario. It 

 flows in a south westerly direction and reaches the Michipicoten River in a total 

 "river distance" of about 75 miles with a total descent of 526 feet. The water 

 shed comprises an area of about 820 square miles to a point near its mouth called 

 "Magpie Falls and Canyon." 



The description of the river commences at the centre line of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway bridge, 8 chains westerly from mile 90. Elevations are based on 

 bridge rail level as 1156, and top of spillway section of Esnagama Lake dam as 



