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of small rapids and one heavy rapid at which a portage is necessary. The 

 river then turns north and for three miles is a succession of rapids and falls at 

 five of which portages are necessary, the last one being at Kagiami Falls, which 

 is the largest fall on the section of the Albany River surveyed during the season 

 of 1929. There are a number of small islands in this section of the river. 



From Kagiami Falls to Marten Falls the river flows in a general north- 

 easterly direction with a swift current all the way. There are several rapids, 

 at four of which portages are required. From Marten Falls to James Bay the 

 Albany River flows with a uniformly swift current, averaging about four miles 

 per hour. At a few places there are flat rapids where the current is very strong, 

 but all of these can be easily run with fully loaded canoes, and coming up-stream 

 a six horse-power overstern motor will drive a large canoe up any of these swift 

 places without any difficulty. 



Although the Albany River from the mouth of the Opichuan River to Marten 

 Falls is swift with many rapids and falls, the power possibilities of the river are 

 rather disappointing when one considers the size of the stream. There is no 

 great fall at any one place, and on account of the low nature of the banks it 

 looks as though it would be very difficult to concentrate any great head at any 

 one place. The largest fall on this section of the river is at Kagiami where the 

 river drops 22.5 feet in about one thousand feet. It might be possible to mate- 

 rially increase this head in which case a very valuable power could be developed ; 

 but without a great deal of detailed investigation it is impossible to say how 

 great a head could be developed nor just where the dam should be located. At 

 Marten Falls the river falls fifteen feet in a little over half a mile and a detailed 

 survey might show that this head can be considerably increased. 



From the mouth of the Opichuan River to Marten Falls the river flows 

 through a rolling country with scattered low rock ridges. The soil is largely 

 sand and gravel in the upper portions, but as one approaches Marten Falls 

 clay becomes more and more noticeable and the banks are generally higher. 

 The highest rocks seen were on a deep bay running off the south side of Makoko- 

 barter Lake. 



About thirty-eight miles below Marten Falls the Ogoki River comes in 

 from the south. The Hudson's Bay Company have a post here on an island 

 opposite the Ogoki River. There is also an Indian Reserve here on the north 

 bank of the Albany River, and the east and west boundaries of the Indian 

 Reserve were tied to the survey. 



A number of Indians were camped on the Reserve during the summer. 

 About eighty-five miles below the Ogoki River the Kenogami River enters from 

 the south. The Kenogami River is nearly as large as the Albany River above 

 the forks and was traversed by T. G. Code, O.L.S., in 1923. A tie was made 

 to Mr. Code's survey in passing. About fifty-three miles below the Kenogami 

 River the Chipie or Ghost River enters from the south. The Hudson's Bay 

 Company have a winter outpost here. 



From Marten Falls to the Kenogami River the Albany River is fifteen to 

 twenty chains wide and flows through a level clay country with high clay banks 

 rising in places to a height of one hundred feet. ly-om the Kenogami River to 

 James Bay the river is wider, being nearly half a mile wide in places, and the 

 banks are not so high. Previous mention has been made of several large islands 

 which occur in this section of the river, some of which are several miles long. 

 The current is still very strong but will probably average half a mile per hour 

 less than in the section above the Kenogami River. 



