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falls. In the first mile the drop is about 75 feet, and in the vicinity of Station 

 924 (see plan) there appears to be a suitable site for a further development of 

 water power. From this point to the mouth of the river the flow is swift, and 

 traverses through high sandy and gravel banks of from 5 to 35 feet. The timber 

 along the shores is scarce and consists of chiefly second and young growth. 



Appendix No. 29 



Extract from report and field notes of Survey of Base and Meridian Lines in the 

 District of Kenora, by Speight & vanNostrand, O.L.S., 1928. 



General Features 



The lines included in the instructions all lie close to the height of land be- 

 tween waters flowing to the Winnipeg River through the Lake of the Woods, and 

 those flowing through Lac Seul. The result is that no considerable water 

 power was noted, the streams all being small. The largest stream was the Gull 

 River, which was crossed a number of times on the west and north boundaries of 

 township number 20. There is a falls in the Gull River amounting to about 

 twenty-five feet, a mile and a half east of the north-west corner of that township. 

 Above the fall the river is navigable by canoe up to and through a short creek 

 into Kay Lake, without a portage. Although we had no occasion to follow 

 further up the stream, we understand that above Kay Lake, the river does not 

 form a satisfactory canoe route. The initial supplies were, of course, taken in 

 with the party to Manitou Lake. Stormy Lake can best be reached from the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway through Long or Kawashegamuk Lake, and from 

 thence there is a regular canoe route via Bending Lake, south to Rainy Lake, and 

 another east to Ignace. The canoe route shown on the maps, leading south from 

 Raleigh Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway, though feasible for light 

 canoes, is little used, and not very satisfactory. A canoe route was followed 

 through a series of small lakes from Kay Lake to Gull Lake and from thence ta 

 Loon Lake and Scotch River. Between Manitou Lake and the timber berth 

 west of township number 22, the ground is very broken, and the line crossed a 

 continuous succession of hills and lakes. The eastern part of our work, however,, 

 lies in somewhat flatter country, and we crossed a number of sand plains and 

 muskegs of a mile or so in length. 



Timber and Minerals 



West of Stormy Lake, in Mile 27, we passed through a small belt of white 

 pine. As the other pine in the vicinity of the lake has been cut, we presume 

 that there were difficulties which prevented the ready removal of the timber. 

 This was the only white pine seen. No red pine was noticed. 



The forest from Nivens 6th meridian to Stormy Lake is, for the most part,, 

 about forty years old, and the timber is, generally speaking, not yet of a mer- 

 chantable size. There are, however, small areas which have escaped the fire and 

 contain saleable spruce, cedar, etc.. Between mileage 18 and mileage 21, the new 

 growth is almost entirely birch, and its appearance is quite exceptional in that 

 regard. 



From Stormy Lake eastward to the end of the base line at mile 48, the 

 country has been fire swept, and the second growth is now about eighteen years 

 old. What is apparently the same burn, was intersected by our meridian at 



