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8 ft. high. These bridges are all constructed of red pine, and painted. There is 

 now a first class gravel road between Dryden and Wabigoon, a distance of 13 miles. 

 Between Wabigoon and Eagle River the road passes through, in most instances, 

 a first class farming country. The soil is chiefly clay or clay loam. The farmers 

 are making good, progress in this vicinity, judging from the large clearings and 



Gravelling a new road between Dryden and Wabigoon, in the 

 District of Kenora. 



good buildings. The country appears to be best adapted for the growth of clover 

 and alsike seed, and hundreds of acres are to be seen along the road. All classes 

 of farm produce are grown in this District very successfully. There are still, 

 however, thousands of acres of fine land in this Section open for settlement, 

 or, at least, uncultivated and apparently not settled on. 

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