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SuitVKY OF PaIJT of THE BOUNDARY LiXE BETWEEN THE DlSTlHCTS OF RaINY 



River and Kenora, 



Fort Frances, February 16th, 1920. 



Sir, — Instructions to survey part of the boundary line between the Districts 

 of Rainy River and Kenora, and three meridian lines running south therefrom, 

 were received early in June, but the survey was not commenced until August l:th, 

 as, on account of the general strike, it was impossible to procure any tents in 

 Winnipeg, 



I left Fort Frances on August 4th, and proceeded via the Cascades and 

 Manitou Lake to Smooth Rock Lake, where my first camp was established. Having 

 found traces of the 6th meridian near Bear Lake, 1 re-ran the line through 

 dense second growth, on 1894 brule, and found the iron post marking the 24th 

 mile. From this post I started the boundary line, my course being determined 

 from the meridian line, and made preparations to observe Polaris at night. I 

 was unable to see the star as a heavy rain storm came on in the afternoon and 

 lasted all night. I therefore ran the line on to Smooth Rock Lake and there 

 observed Polaris at Eastern Elongation, finding the line .02' N. Correcting for 

 this I continued west, to the 6th mile, where I deflected north six minutes, 

 checking the instrumental deflection by the use of a deflection offset of 1.378 

 inches at a distance of one chain. Thereafter, this deflection was used at each 

 six miles. Wooden posts were planted at each mile and iron posts at every 

 three miles as instructed. 



I continued the line to the 12th mile, whence I ran south twelve miles on 

 the 1st meridian, and on the completion of this line 1 continued west on the 

 base line to the 24th mile, marking the posts as instructed from 1 to 12 in each 

 section of the base. I then ran south again twelve miles on the 2nd meridian, and 

 in a similar manner I ran west to the 36th mile and thence south on the 3rd 

 meridian as far as Kishkutena or Height of Land Lake. 



Winter set in very early, there was a heavy fall of snow on October 10th, 

 and thereafter the weather was very bad, snow, rain or sleet nearly every day, so 

 that the ground and the trees were entirely covered with snow. I continued the 

 base line west until October 25th, working whenever the weather permitted ; on 

 the 24th, over six inches of snow fell and froze in the creeks, so that on the 25th, 

 we were unable to break through to Crooked Pine Lake. 



As I had been unable to find any trace of the 7th meridian, with which I 

 had to intersect, and as I had not been supplied with field notes showing tbd 

 postion of the 7th mile post thereon, I decided to postpone finishing this part 

 of the line until after the freeze up, and started back for Height of Land Lake 

 to finish the 3rd meridian. On the 27th and 28th I continued south but on the 

 28th I was compelled to postpone the work as the lakes were all covered with 

 about six inches of snow ice, which, while practically unbreakable from a canoe 

 would not carry a man's weight. I made a cache of my supplies and outfit and 

 started for lionie, having to go by way of Off Lake to Barwick. 



On December 2nd, I again started out and drove to Sabaskong Bay, where T 

 completed the base line, returning to Clearwater Lake, I then completed the 3rd 

 meridian, reaching Fort Frances on the 13th December. 



