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Appendix No. 34^. 



Survey of Township Outlines in the District of Sudbury. 



Orillia, October 31st, 1919. 



SiR^ — Upon receipt of your instructions bearing date of the twenty-second 

 day of April, 1919, for the survey of township outlines in the District of Sudbury, 

 we proceeded to make such preparations as were necessary to carry out the work 

 outlined therein. 



The unsettled condition due to after-war unrest, effecting especially the labour 

 market, and to a lesser extent the procuring of certain kinds of supplies and 

 their transportation, consumed a good deal of time, and it was not until the 

 27th day of June following, that we were able to leave with our party for the 

 site of the work, although we had men stationed at Agate for some time previously 

 awaiting the arrival of supplies. All through the work this state of unrest was 

 reflected in the working forces, and added not a little to the difficulties ordinarily 

 encountered. 



The Indians in the upper country also, admittedly the best men procurable 

 for this class of work, experienced a heavy mortality during the past winter, through 

 the outbreak of Spanish influenza, and many of those who were fortunate enough 

 to recover, were in poor condition to withstand the hard work and exposure 

 involved. 



Heavy bush fires to the south and west lent an occasional smoke pall of some 

 days* duration, at times thick enough to render sighting difficult; while from 

 the latter part of August and through September, there was a period of almost 

 constant rain. 



Sending our main supplies to Agate to be transported up the Chapleau River, 

 we left the Canadian National Eailway at Missonga and proceeded to the south- 

 west angle of the Township of Shenango, where the survey was commenced. 

 Running the meridian from this point due south to its intersection with the 

 base line run by O.L.S. Speight, we proceeded west, and in general followed the 

 programme laid down in the instructions. Six inch square wooden posts were 

 planted at every mile, or at the nearest shore where water interruptions occurred, 

 with the addition of an iron post at three mile intervals, and marked with the 

 mileage or the township names. Astronomical observations were taken wherever 

 desirable, when weather conditions permitted, and a close alignment maintained. 

 Base lines Avere run on the chord of the parallel. Details of all operations will 

 be found in the plans and field notes returned herewith. 



The country traversed, lying as it does along the southerly edge of the 

 clay belt, possesses the characteristics of border topography, and marks the transi- 

 tion from the rougher rockbound hill country to the south, to the level expanses of 

 the clay belt. The surface is one of short broken undulations, seldom interrupted 

 by sharply rising hills, and such of these as do occur rarely exceed forty or fifty 

 feet in altitude. Comparing this section with surrounding areas, we might say 

 that to the south are storm tossed waves, here .a rippled surface and to the north 

 a placid calm. 



Rock outcrops are not numerous, the country being well covered, and such 

 exposures as do occur apparently belonging to the Laurentian formation. 



Two main drainage, channels traverse this area, flowing toward the north. 

 Trout River crossed by the base line between Sherlock and Lincoln at VI 3-4 M. 



