1919-20 DEPARTMENT OF LAXDS, FOEESTS AND MINES. 



203 



KENOEA DISTRICT. 



Number of miles of new roads brushed out, grubbed and graded 17 



" " new roads partly graded 4 



" " old roads burned 10 



" " old roads repaired 15 



" " old roads gravelled 21 



" corrugated iron culverts built 58 



" wooden culverts built 35 



" new bridges constructed 14 



" old bridges repaired 1 



During the season of 1918 the trunk road between the Town of Dryden 

 (Canadian Pacific Railway) and Oxdrift Station, a distance of 7 miles, was 

 ditched and graded, but not gravelled. During the months of February and March, 



A view along the Trunk Road through the Sl^te River Valley, south-west of 



Fort William. 



1919, the greater portion of this road was re-surfaced with gravel, 3,800 cu. yds. 

 being used, operations ceasing on the breaking up of sleighing. This work ceased 

 near Oxdrift Station. Early in May, operations were again started, and the 

 gravel was spread to proper grade, and the work of grading, ditching and re- 

 locating continued westerly along the trunk road as far as Eagle River Station. 

 The work consisted of cutting out and widening the road, cutting down hills to 

 proper grade, building culverts, grading and diverting the road where it was 

 found necessary, in order to avoid steep hills. The road is now well ditched and 

 graded, but will require considerable gravel in places, before it will meet the 

 requirements of heavy traffic during the wet seasons. In this section of the road, 

 32 corrugated iron culverts were placed; 15 wooden culverts and 3 small bridges 

 constructed. Two swamps in Eton Township, l^^ miles in width, were corduroyed 



