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mile 4, and found to extend east to Gull Lake. The ground is now covered with 

 windfall and a dense new growth of small jackpine, and it is most difficult to 

 travel over the area. Between Gull Lake and Scotch Lake the timber is green. 

 There is a mixed stand of spruce, jackpine, balsam and birch, containing good 

 quality jackpine and pulpwood. . This area is now being cut by the C. H. Greer 

 Company of Port Arthur. 



Little timber of value exists along the lines run east and west from the 

 north-west angle of township No. 20. Along these lines are extensive sand 

 plains covered with scrub jackpine. 



The area adjoining Manitou Lake was staked for gold in the rush of 1897, 

 and later much of it surveyed into mining locations. In the vicinity of mile 19 

 at Stormy Lake and around mile 44, the formation would also seem particularly 

 to warrant prospecting; in fact, the rock throughout most of the area is much 

 broken up by intrusions promising results to the prospector. 



Fish and Game 



Manitou Lake is being fished by Mr. C. Merrill of Wabigoon, lake trout 

 being the principal catch. Stormy Lake is also fished commercially, though 

 operations were not being carried on during the past season. The smaller lakes 

 we found to be well stocked with lake trout, pike and pickerel. 



Moose and deer are fairly plentiful, while bear are at present in more than 

 average numbers. 



Beaver had been numerous at one time, but are now scarce. 



Few partridge were seen, though the breeding season seems to have been 

 more favourable than the previous two seasons, and the hens had larger flocks of 

 young. 



Appendix No. 30 



Extract from Report of Messrs. Speight & vanNostrand, O.L.S., resurvey part 

 of the Fourth Meridian Line in the District of Kenora, April 9th, 1929. 



General Features 



From our point of commencement to about mileage 96 the waters crossing 

 the line flow to Lac Seul. North of this point, the line lies in the watershed of 

 the Cat River. Flowing into Lac Seul are the waters of the Sturgeon, Vermilion 

 and Root Rivers. Of these the Root River was the only one travelled for any 

 distance by the party. This river has been for many years part of one of the 

 main canoe routes leading to the mouth of the Albany, and the portages are 

 consequently in excellent condition. The river itself has ample water for travel 

 by canoe between Lac Seul and the point where the canoe route branches up 

 the small creek leading to Root Portage. Even during the extreme low water 

 experienced during the latter part of August, at the time when the party returned 

 from the end of the line, there was no trouble with shallow water. We also 

 travelled the Root River between the point where our line crossed it for the 

 second time in the 92nd mile and the junction with the main canoe route from 

 the Albany, and found four portages in this part. This section of the river ia 

 extremely crooked, and is shallow in spots. 



