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could be cleared and made ready for crops in a very short time. It would make 

 excellent grazing and hay lands. The northerly three concessions are very rough 

 and broken and the soil is very stony and rocky, there being scarcely twenty per 

 cent, of the land suitable for farming in these concessions. We do not think that 

 it would be advisable to open these concessions for settlement at this time, though 

 consider that the southerly three should l)e opened up. 



Minerals. 



There are numerous outcroppings of rock in the township, especially in the 

 northern part of the east half, but no minerals of any value were noticed. The 

 south-easterly part of the township has at one time been very thoroughly investi- 

 gated for iron though none was found. There is a considerable overburden in 

 most places. 



Topography. 



The hills surrounding Hawk Lake and Dog Lake are from one hundred to 

 two hundred feet in height with tops inland from ten chains to twenty chains. 

 'The northerly three concessions east of Dog Lake are rough and broken by hills 

 from fifty to a hundred feet in height. The southerly three concessions are fairly 

 level through lots one to fourteen. West of lot fourteen to Little Dog Lake and 

 tlie Dog River in concessions one and two is very rough. A fairly level plateau 

 is found in lots fifteen to twenty in concession three and this also extends into 

 lots twenty and twenty-one in concession four. 



Lakes and Rivers. 



Several small lakes, not previously mapped, were found. The largest bodies 

 of water in the township are Dog Lake, Hawk Lake and One Island Lake. The 

 water in these is clear while that in some of the smaller lakes is of a dark colour. 

 On Dog Lake the natural beauty of the lake has been destroyed by flooding. 

 One Island Lake and the lakes to the east of it would make very desirable lakes 

 for summer camping. The easterly part of the township nearly all drains directly 

 or indirectly into Hawk Bay of Dog Lake. The source of Strawberry Creek is in 

 the large swamp in lots nine, ten and eleven in concessions one and two. This 

 flows south through the Township of Ware into the Kaministikwia River. 

 Concessions one, two and three in lots thirteen to twenty are drained by three 

 creeks into Little Dog Lake and the Dog River, In the returns of the survey 

 of the Township of Jacques made by us One Island Lake as shown therein was 

 improperly named. Since that time we have found that the lake generally known 

 as " One Island '' 'is that shown on the plan of Fowler Township. Storage dams 

 liave been built at the outlets of Hawk Lake, One Island Lake, and the small 

 lake in lot ten, concession six. These are used to supply water to drive the 

 creeks flowing out of them. The head in each case is about three feet. 



Dog River is not navigable above Little Dog Lake. From here there is a 

 portage and tote road to Dog Lake, a distance of about a mile and three-quarters. 

 The outlet of Hawk Lake can be run with a canoe in high water and the inlet 

 of Spike Lake is always navigable for canoes. The outlet of the small lake in 

 lot ten, concession six is now being improved for driving purposes. 



