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the road and it was found that immediately west of Nipissing village there was 

 a very bad grade, rocky and almost impossible to go up or down with heavy loads. 

 A diversion was made to the north to avoid the heavy grade. The road has been 

 cut out and it is hoped that next season the Department will be in a position to 

 finish the road and continue the work as far west as Eestoule. Three small bridges 

 with stone abutments have been constructed near Nipissing village, across a branch 

 of the South Eiver. 



Trout Creek and Loring Road : 



This road follows the old colonization or timber road constructed in the 

 early days of settlement in the district. It is the only road from the village of 

 Loring, Golden Valley settlement and the village of Commanda, by which the 



Entering the town of Mattawa, on the Trunk Road, District of Nipissing. 



settlers can reach the railway. The road passes through a typical Parry Sound 

 country, broken and rocky in places, with sections of good land in the valleys. 

 In some sections, more particularly that immediately west of Trout Creek Station, 

 the soil is a light sandy loam or sand. This class of country extends westerly for 

 about 5 miles. The old road constructed many years ago and mostly repaired 

 by settlers, was in bad condition; very little attention had been paid to drainage 

 or grading. The road has been widened, ditched and graded for a distance of about 

 8 miles, where it ended in a rough, rocky, hilly section and where a diversion had 

 to be made for a distance of 5 miles to the north, along the valley of a small 

 stream. On this new road a fairly good grade was found ; the road has been 

 cut out and grubbed and is now ready for grading as far as the village of Com- 

 manda. This diversion leaves the old road about 8 miles west of Trout Creek 

 Station and touches the old road again at the village of Commanda, beyond which 



