1920-21 DEPAETMENT OF LANDS AXD FOEESTS. 107 



Appendix No. 38. 



Eeport of the Survey op Certain Township Outlines North of the 

 Canadian Pacific Eailway, in the District of Sudbury. 



South Porcupine, December 1st, 1920. 



Sir, — I have the honour, in accordance with your instructions to me dated 

 May 11th, 1920, to submit the following report on the survey of certain township 

 outlines, north of the Canadian Pacific Eailway in the District of Sudbury. 



On August 19th, my party arrived at the Woman Eiver Station on the 

 C. P. E., and the following morning proceeded down the river an approximate 

 distance of four miles to the point where it intersects the meridian run by 

 O.L.S. Speight in 1909. From this point part of the party proceeded north 

 along this meridian to the twelve mile post, the starting point of the survey; 

 the other members of the party proceeded down the river with supplies to be 

 cached at or near the place where the 1st base line would cross the river. 



The survey which commenced on August 26th was conducted throughout 

 in strict accordance with your instructions. The base lines were run as chords 

 of parallels of latitude, passing through the township corners. The east limits 

 and west limits of townships were run north astronomically. Frequent observa- 

 tions were taken on Polaris, the notes of which accompany the other returns. In 

 chaining, a clinometer was used at all times, and horizontal distances deduced 

 from the measured slope. Distances across obstructions were measured by offset 

 or triangulation. Many magnetic observations were taken, and the results thereof 

 are shown in the field notes. The lines were well cut out and blazed, and posts 

 of the specified varieties of wood were planted where required. Iron posts of 

 the standard pattern, shipped by you to Woman Eiver Station, were planted, 

 and the necessary pits, mounds and trenches constructed as called for in your 

 instructions. 



Unusually low water in the streams this season made transportation difficult, 

 but this was more than offset by the ideal weather, conditions. 



Soil. 



The country through which the lines passed is mostly rough and hilly, but 

 in small tracts undulating, and can hardly be classed as agricultural. The soil, 

 except in the swamps and valleys, consists of a few inches of leafy loam and 

 twelve to eighteen inches of sand and clay on bed rock, as a rule. The swamps 

 like all others of Northern Ontario, have varying depths of moss and muskeg. 



Timber. 



Approximately the western half of Dore and Garnet appear to have been 

 burnt over about six years ago, and the ground is now covered with semi-decayed 

 fallen timber, and a new growth of small poplars and birches. The remaining 

 portion of the territory, except in small strips along streams and lakes, apparently 

 had been burnt over about thirty years ago, and is now covered with a thick 

 growth of healthy timber, large areas of which is pulpwood size. A few white 

 and red pines survived the fires and are now thriving, apparently. The varieties 

 of timber are spruce, balsam, white birch, poplar and banksian pine on the high 

 laiid<, and cedar, small tamarac and black ash on the low lands. 



