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Appendix No. 30. 



Survey of Township Outlines Between Gkound Hog and Kapuskasing 

 EiVEES^ IN the District of Timiskaming. 



New Liskeard, Ont., August 30th, 1919. 



SiR^ — Under instructions to us from Mr. L. V. Rorke, Director of Surveys, 

 bearing date April 15th, 1919, our Mr. Neelands proceeded to Foleyet on the 

 Canadian Northern Eailway, May 19th, and personally conducted the survey up 

 to the time of its completion, July 10th. The party was supplied and outfitted 

 by Mr. Henry Charron, Foleyet, and everything found satisfactory. Through 

 the courtesy of Mr. Cyril T. Young, Supt. of The Eastern Lands Co., our supplies 

 and equipment were delivered at Sandy Lake, two miles west of Foleyet, from 

 which point a good canoe route via the Pishkanogama Eiver led directly to our 

 starting point — the 63rd mile post on the late O.L.S. Niven's base line, N. lat. 

 48 degrees, 27 minutes, 54 seconds; longitude 82 degrees, 26 minutes west. 



Sun and stellar observations were taken May 25th and 26th, at the post 

 marked 63 M. -2 chains on the west bank, the 63 Mile Post coming in said river ; 

 and the two chain offset made to the east and the meridian started the latter 

 date. A wooden post and 1% in. iron post was planted on the north bank of 

 the river 1.15 chains due north of said 63 M. point in river and wooden posts 

 planted every mile and marked consecutively on the north side, while 11/4 in. 

 iron posts were planted beside every third mile post except at township corners 

 where 1% in. iron posts were planted. 



Our assistant, a returned man, was unable to handle the instrument, due 

 to the rough nature of the ground in places and the extreme heat, but rendered 

 valuable service in keeping notes copied and checked. 



Our original intention was to keep a small party on the meridian while a 

 larger party took the east and west lines, but circumstances made it compulsory 

 to conduct only one party. The 15 mile lake and the innumerable watercourses 

 with which the country^ was reported to abound in, evaporated and we were 

 forced to abandon canoes and use the pack strap to the end of the work. 



After the meridian had been run 9 miles, we ran east on a 9 mile chord 

 of a parallel of latitude intersecting the Pishkanogama Eiver 1% miles east of 

 said meridian, and planting posts as indicated above, except that a wooden and 

 1% in. iron post was left at the 9 mile point with only township names thereon 

 to be moved to the intersection by O.L.S. Fitzgerald. This line was then con- 

 tinued on another 9 mile chord of the same parallel of latitude to the Ground 

 Hog Eiver, a distance of 2 M. 62.69 chains where a wooden post was planted 

 at high water mark and the above chainage inscribed thereon. Two l^/i in. iron 

 posts were left beside said wooden post and Mr. Speight notified by letter con- 

 cerning same. 



Eeturning to the starting point, a line was run west on a 9 mile chord of a 

 ])arallel of latitude a distance of 8 M. 77.95 chains to its intersection with 

 O.L.S. Speight's meridian of 1909 hitting said line 0.87 chains north of the post 

 as shown on copy of notes of said line furnished by your Department, but 0.02 

 cliains south of a 2 in. hub planted in sink hole marking the intersection of a 

 surveyed line running due west and on which was planted 0,54 chains west of 

 said intersection and on the westerly bank of said sink hole a 6 in. spruce post 



