1920-21 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FOEESTS. Ill 



On the west side of the Abitihi River the forest was more broken being about 

 twenty per cent, bald rock, two per cent, water, fifty per cent, spruce and the 

 rest birch and poplar. This area differs from the east side of the Abitibi River, 

 being dotted with patches of larger spruce of timber size (about fifteen per 

 cent, of the spruce). 



Small creeks running into the east bank of the Abitibi down which logs 

 could be driven were fairly numerous. 



A number of moose were seen on the shores of the lakes from the plane 

 during the flight. 



On account of the narrowness of Lillibelle Lake we missed the tops of the 

 trees by about five feet while taking off for the Abitibi flight. As this had 

 happened with the plane not fully loaded, Capt. Maxwell decided that Lillibelle 

 Lake was too dangerous for a base. A scouting party left the next day on a 

 gasoline jigger west from Cochrane on the Canadian National Railway to find 

 a more suitable spot. Remi Lake, three miles north of Moonbeam Station, was 

 decided on as the best possible place for a base. Our supplies were then shipped 

 to ^loonbeani and carted into a clearing on the north shore of Remi Lake where 

 camp was pitched. The plane flew over light, taking one hour and thirty minutes. 



Captain Maxwell reported finding a number of burnt areas for the first 

 twenty miles. The next twenty miles he met a series of small lakes running 

 north and south. There were also rock outcroppings with many patches of beavor 

 meadow; the rest of the country passed over being thickly wooded with spruce 

 of pulpwood size. Some eight or ten miles from the railroad along the Ground 

 Hog River fire had swept both banks eating into a depth of two and a half miles 

 on the west bank. 



Remi Lake District, 



A number of short trips were made to test the machine, get a general idea 

 of the country and take pictures. 



The ground was slightly undulating around Remi Lake and thickly wooded 

 with about sixty-five per cent, spruce, the rest being hemlock, balsam, birch, 

 poplar and cedar. The poplar and birch were in patches with long thin lines 

 extending into the spruce areas. On account of the poplar and birch being a 

 light green they were easily distinguished from the spruce which is a very dark 

 green. 



Captain ^laxwell with his mechanic left on August ITth with the intention 

 of caching some gasoline ahout half way to James Bay, in order to have sufficient 

 to enable them to return to Remi Lake should the plane meet a storm or strong 

 southerly wind on the trip back. 



On the trip down they were unable to find a suitable spot to land so went 

 right through to Moose Factory leaving thirty gallons of gasoline at the Revillion 

 Freres' post there. They returned the following day, leaving the next day to cache 

 thirty gallons of gasoline on a lake about twenty-five miles north of Remi Lake, 

 which they had seen on the previous trip. This was done as a precaution against 

 a forced landing through lack of fuel, 



Mattagami-Moose Trip, 



On August 27th we left for Moose Factory from Remi Lake. The country 

 passed over^just after leaving Remi Lake was very thickly wooded, with a few 

 lakes. The trees were mostly spruce (about sixty-five per cent.) the rest being 



