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From the mouth up stream for a distance of a mile is Cat Falls with a drop 

 of 33 feet. From the head of Cat Falls up stream, a distance of about 4 miles is 

 th foot of Whitefish Lake. At this point the river is narrow having a width of 

 about 2 chains. Here a dam has been constructed for use on controlling water 

 level in connection with driving timber. The river from the mouth to the dam 

 has an average width of about 6 chains. The bed of the stream is principally 

 gravel, and in a few places the water is shallow. The banks are of sand and of 

 good height, from 5 to 20 feet. The timber consists chiefly of second growth 

 spruce, balsam, birch, poplar and cedar. 



Whitefish Lake has a length of about 5 miles and an average width of 50 

 chains. The water is clear and of good depth and suitable for navigating boats 

 and launches. The banks of the lake are usually high and close to the lake shore 

 the country appears rough and hilly with rock exposures. The soil is stoney and 

 sandy, timbered with chiefly second growth spruce, balsam, birch, poplar and 

 cedar. 



From the head of Whitefish Lake the river continues for a distance of about 

 3 miles to the foot of Manitowik Lake. The current in this section of the river 

 is of moderate flow and traverses through banks of sand from 5 to 25 feet in 

 height, timbered with chiefly second growth spruce, balsam, birch, poplar, jack 

 pine and cedar. 



MiCHiPicoTEN River 



The Michipicoten River commences at the confluence of the Whitefish and 

 Shikwamkwa Rivers, and flows in a general south-westerly direction for a "river 

 distance" of 25 miles, and empties into Lake Superior, and has a total fall of 

 about 320 feet. 



The water shed of the river to a point called High Falls, 13 miles distant up 

 stream from its mouth, comprises an area of about 1,900 square miles. 



From where the river commences, it runs in a south-westerly direction for a 

 distance of about 2 miles, where it reaches the crossing of the Main Line of the 

 Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway. From thence it flows in a westerly 

 course for a distance of 12 miles to High Falls. Throughout this distance the 

 current is swift, and in a few places rapid, the largest of these occurring about one 

 and a half miles above High Falls, and having a fall of about 6 feet in a distance 

 of three-quarters of a mile. The river banks are of sand and gravel, having a 

 height of from 4 to 30 feet. The timber consists of birch, balsam, spruce, poplar 

 and cedar of merchantable value, interspersed with areas of burned country 

 carrying young growth trees. 



The most important water power site on this river is at H gh Falls. Some 

 years ago a development was constructed with head of 125 feet, and one unit of 

 about 5,000 H. P. This development has been superseded by one at present 

 under construction designed to develop 10,000 H. P. with one unit, and with 

 provision for another unit of similar capacity. A transmission line is in the 

 course of construction with double wood poles and wood cross arm. This 

 transmission line leads to the City of Sault St. Marie, a distance of 120 miles. 



The flow of this river is capable of being regulated to a large extent (possibly 

 30,000 H. P.) on a account of the number of large lakes, including Wabatongushi, 

 Jackfish, Manitowik, Whitefish, Windermere, Kwakwuskwanda, Shakashi, 

 Kinniwabi, Anjigami, and Dog. It is doubtful if much storage can be obtained 

 in Dog Lake on account of the grade of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 



Below High Falls there is a drop of 110 feet to Lake Superior, 80 feet of 

 which occurs in a distance of about two and a half miles from the foot of the 



