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Appendix No. 20. 

 SuiivEY OF Certain Township Outlines in the Districts of Sudbury and 



TiMISKAMING. 



Toronto, October 31st, 1919. 



Sir, — We have the honour to submit the following report on the survey of 

 certain township outlines in the Districts of Sudbiiry and Timiskaming, made 

 by us during the past summer, under instructions from your Department, dated 

 .15th April, 1919. 



Upon receipt of the instructions, arrangements for the organization and 

 equipment of the necessary party were begun, and, on the 15th of July, a party 

 in charge of T. B. Speight, O.L.S., assisted by E. M. Anderson, O.L.S., was 

 assembled at Kukatush on the Canadian National Eailways. The following day 

 part of the supplies was taken from there some distance down the Ground Hog 

 Eiver. Great difficulty was found, however, in obtaining sufficient men of the 

 proper stamp for survey work, owing partly to the abundant opportunities for 

 employment at points along the railways, and partly, to the high prices recently 

 obtained for furs having rendered the Indians, who usually form a large proportion 

 of the party, less inclined to supplement the proceeds of the hunt in this way. It 

 was, therefore, the 18th of July before the survey was commenced, at the north- 

 east corner of the Township of Muskego. The point of commencement had been 

 reached the previous day by a good canoe route of about ten miles from the 

 railway crossing at Winter Spawning Lake, a few miles west of the Ground Hog 

 Eiver. We found the north-east corner of the Township of Muskego marked by 

 an iron post planted beside a wooden post, both of which were marked " IX M " 

 on the south side, and " Muskego " on the south-west side. From this point we 

 ran due east, astronomically, delimiting the south boundaries of the Townships 

 of Melrose and Frey. We intersected the west boundary of the Township of Keefer 

 at chainage seven miles and 3.07 chains from the south-west corner of Frey. 

 Wooden posts of the most durable material obtainable within reasonable distance 

 were planted at the end of every mile on eacli of the boundaries run, and were 

 marked on the west side with the distance from the south-west angle of the 

 township. In addition, iron posts, li/4 inches in diameter were planted at the 

 ends of the third and sixth miles in each case. Iron posts were also planted 

 at the south-east corners of the townships, and both wooden and iron posts marked 

 with the names of the adjoining townships. 



From the south-east corner of Melrose, we ran eight miles and 73.92 chains 

 due north between the Townships of Melrose and Frey, to O.L.S. Niven's base 

 line of 1899. Wooden posts were planted at every mile, and iron posts at the 

 third and sixth miles. At the intersection of O.L.S. Niven's base line, a wooden 

 post and an iron post 1% inches in diameter, both marked " Melrose " on the 

 south-west, and " Frey " on the south-east, and " Eight miles and 73.92 chains " 

 on the south side, were planted. 



We then proceeded west to the 45th mile of O.L.S. Niven's line, which we 

 found defined by an iron post and a wooden post marked " XLV M " on the 

 cast sides. We ran north, astronomically, from this point, three miles and 54.37 

 chains to the south boundary of the Indian Eeserve surveyed by O.L.S. J. S. 

 Dobie, in 1909. 



