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except pike, were not found to be plentiful in any of the lakes or rivers except 

 Clearwater Lake and this appeared to be well stocked with trout. 



We have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servants, 



(Sgd.) Phillips & Benner, 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Ontario Land Surveyors. 



Appendix No. J^O. 

 739 Broadview Ave., Toroxto, Ont., October 29th, 1920. 



Sir, — Acting under instructions received July ITth, 1920, from the Depart- 

 ment of Lands, Forests and Mines to accompany the Canadian Aero Film Co. in 

 their flight to James Bay, I kept in touch with the said company to ascertain 

 their date of departure. In due course I was informed that the plane would 

 leave Hamilton, Monday, July 19th, 1920, so I left Toronto on that date in 

 company with Mr. Fred Griffin, arriving at Cochrane on the following evening. 



The plane on a trial trip Monday had an accident that was more serious 

 than was first supposed, and so did not reach Lillibelle Lake, which is two miles 

 north of Cochrane, until Wednesday afternoon, August 11th, 1920. 



The party consisted of Mr. Irwin Proctor, President of the Canadian Aero 

 Film Co., Capt. Eoy Maxwell, pilot, George Doan, mechanic, Jack Hyde, rigger, 

 Roy Tash, cameraman, H. M. Blake, of the Ontario Government ]\Iotion Picture 

 Bureau, Fred Griffin, of the Toronto Star }^^eTch/, and myself. 



The plane used on the expedition was a HS2L Curtiss-built seaplane, having 

 a maximum speed horizontal flight of eighty-five miles per hour and a consumption 

 of gasoline of thirty gallons per hour, full open. 



Abitibi Trip. 



On August 13th a trip was made from Lillibelle Lake north and east of the 

 Abitibi Eiver down towards New Post. 



Observations from the plane showed that the country lying for fifty miles east 

 of the Abitibi Eiver almost as far as New Post was dotted Avith small grassy 

 lakes varying in size from one hundred to two thousand feet in length. Lakes 

 of the same size were also noticed on the west bank, but numbering only about 

 one-third those on the east bank. The lakes were general as far as the eye 

 could see. 



The area east of the Abitibi Eiver and extending from the junction of the 

 Frederick House and the Abitibi Eiver north to near New Post was a dense 

 unbroken forest, mostly spruce (eighty per cent.), some tamarac, and very little 

 birch and poplar. About four per cent, of the area was water. No burnt areas 

 Were seen. 



