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Appendix No. 29. 

 Survey of the Township of Williamson, in the District of Algoma. 



Parry Sound, October 15th, 1918. 



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

 the Township of Williamson, in the District of Algoma. 



This township is bounded on the south by the Township of Owens, surveyed 

 by O.L.S. Anderson in 1917, on the west by the Township of Idington, surveyed 

 by O.L.S. Dobie in 1917-18, on the north and east by the unsurveyed Townships 

 of Nixon and Teezel, respectively. The National Transcontinental Eailway crosses 

 the south boundary about seventy-six miles west of Cochrane near the corner of 

 lots eleven and twelve, a short distance west of Secord Station, and bearing in a 

 direction a little north of west, crosses the west boundary in the fourth con- 

 cession. It is therefore well supplied with railway facilities. 



I commenced my survey by chaining and posting the south boundary, making 

 the lots the width shown in the field notes and from this boundary meridians 

 were projected north astronomically in the centre of the road allowances, between 

 lots six and seven, twelve and thirteen, eighteen and nineteen and between lots 

 twenty-four and twenty-fi.ve. 



The centre lines of road allow^ances between the concessions were run as 

 chords of latitude making the depths of the concessions as shown on plan and in 

 the field notes, the survey being carried on in accordance with instructions; the 

 lines being well cut out and blazed and substantial wooden posts planted at the 

 corners of the lots with guide posts in the centre of the road allowances between 

 the concessions opposite the lot corners. Bearing trees were marked for all lot 

 posts as recorded in the field notes. Iron posts were planted alongside wooden 

 posts where directed and their location is shown on plan and recorded in the field 

 notes. I endeavoured faithfully to carry on my survey throughout in accordance 

 with my instructions and the results in detail are shown on the plan and recorded 

 in the field notes. Frequent observations for azimuth were taken, the magnetic 

 variation being about seven degrees and fifteen minutes west of. north, 



A road allowance one chain in perpendicular width was laid out on each 

 side of the right of way of the Trancontinental Eailway, on each side of Lost 

 Eiver and around the lakes shown. I made a careful traverse of Lost Eiver, the 

 course of which is very crooked, particularly in the first eight concessions, this 

 stream has a considerable volume of water during spring freshets and early 

 summer, and is navigable throughout by loaded canoes, but in August it became 

 very shallow and had very little water in it so that we had difficulty moving 

 our outfit up to the railroad, although canoes were not heavily loaded. That 

 part of the river between lot fourteen, concession seventeen and the north boundary 

 as well as that flowing through concessions eighteen to thirteen is obstructed with 

 boulders in many places and must be rather turbulent in high water. I under- 

 stand that the fire rangers travel up this river from the Kapuskasing to the 

 railway. During August the water did not appear to be safe for drinking purposes 

 without boiling. 



Timber. 



The township is thickly covered with timber and fire has run over about 

 six per cent, of it, there being two small brules in the south-east corner, coverino- 

 about four hundred acres, there is also between six and seven hundred acres 



