64 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Soil. 



Along the base and meridian lines run by me forming boundaries of Findlay, 

 Henley and Pliny Townships, the soil is practically all clay with comparatively 

 small swampy areas covered by deep moss, and the land is suitable for agricul- 

 tural purposes, this also holds true with reference to my first meridian for a 

 distance of about four miles north of my first base line. The remainder of this 

 meridian is not good land, and on the northerly two miles the soil is mostly 

 sandy with occasional granite outcrops. 



Along the base and meridian lines forming boundaries of Scapa, Abbotsford 

 and Adair Townships I do not consider the land suitable for agricultural purposes, 

 about fifty per cent, being sandy soil and of the balance a considerable percentage 

 is swampy. 



Timber. 



The timber throughout is principally spruce from four to eight inches in 

 diameter with scattered areas of spruce, jack pine and poplar from' six to ten 

 inches in diameter, a fairly dense growth of underbrush covers the country 

 generally. 



A small area of Jack pine up to fifteen inches in diameter is situated in 

 the south-west corner of Abbotsford Township. 



Old brule was found on the sixth mile of the north boundary of Findlay 

 Township, on the second, third and fourth miles of the west boundary of Abbots- 

 ford Township and along the easterly three miles of the south boundary of 

 Adair Township. 



Fresh brule of 1919 origin was encountered on northerly thirty chains of 

 my first meridian, the southerly limit of this fire apparently extended in a southr 

 easterly direction for a distance of about two miles, that being as far as we 

 could see from the high ground just west of the north end of this meridian. I 

 can give no estimate of the distance it extended to the west. Fire also ran through 

 the south-east corner of Adair Township this season, crossing south boundary 

 just east of five mile post and extends southwesterly about two miles, Avhile in a 

 northeasterly direction it extended to Joe Lake, crossing Interprovincial boundary 

 about mileage one hundred and seven. 



On August 22nd, we saw smoke rising about three miles to the north of 

 fifth mile post on north boundary of Adair Township. 



Minerals. 



No indications of economic minerals were noted. 



Streams and Lakes. 



Low Bush River is navigable by canoes from station of that name on Canadian 

 National Railway to where it crosses north boundary of Findlay Township, there 

 being three short portages in Boyer Township and one in Henley. Circle River 

 is also navigable by canoes from Low Bush Station, the first portage being about 

 a half mile south of north boundary of Pliny Township and I understand there 

 is a long portage commencing about thirty chains north of this boundary. I 

 understand that Mud River which runs along west boundary of Abbotsford is 

 occasionally used as a canoe route but we did not use canoes there. 



