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1920-21 DEPARTMEXT OF LANDS AND FORESTS. 113 



Along the Moose River it was fairly weir wooded near the banks, but beyond, 

 TO the west, there was nothing but muskeg wooded with scrubby spruce and 

 tamarac. At the junction of the Abitibi and the Moose, and between the rivers, 

 it was thickly wooded mostly with spruce, some of good size, tamarac, poplar and 

 birch. It is here that the Hudson Bay Company get the timber that they use in 

 their mill, some of the white spruce being about two feet in diameter (see photo- 

 graph No. 19). At the mouths and along the Kwataboahegan and French Rivers 

 It was thickly wooded with spruce, tamarac, poplar and birch. 



The Mattagami River was very dry and the shoals could be easily seen ; for 

 miles the rocks showed up bleached and white, while down the centre of the bed 

 was a small stream of water. 



The islands at the mouth of the Moose River were thickly wooded. 



One thing noticeable was the absence of streams of any size emptying into 

 the main rivers; nor were there any lakes visible. 



There were no burnt areas noticed. 



The visibility was rather poor on this trip on account of the heat haze 

 before mentioned, which in the distance gave things a brownish tint. 



The difference in elevation between Remi Lake and James Bay was 925 

 feet. This was checked on the five trips. 



The Shores of James Bay. 



It was observed on the trips along the shores of James Bay both to the east 

 and to the west that the character of the coast was extremely low and flat. 

 At low tide a mile or more of mud is left bare. Photographs Nos. 36, 37 and 

 38 show this very plainly. They were taken about half tide. 



A muskeg wooded in patches with scrubby spruce, tamarac and alder ran 

 for at least fifty miles back from the shore. There were no large water eourses 

 we could follow to enable us to go further inland, neither were there lakes on 

 which we could land in order to examine the country. 



On the trip along the shore to Hannah Bay countless wild geese and ducks 

 were seen. They looked very small below us, giving a black and white wave 

 effect, as they flew in towards the swamps. Hannah Bay is a wonderful breeding 

 place for these geese and ducks, and the Indians go there from Moose Factory 

 returning with boat loads full of these birds. They cook and pour lard on them 

 which keeps them until they are needed in the winter time. 



The channels leading into James Bay at the mouth of the Moose River are 

 very shallow with numerous bars and shoals. (See photographs 31, 32, 33 

 and 34.) 



The steamer used by the Hudson's Bay Company to carry goods from the 

 Charlton Islands, drawing six to eight feet, cannot cross the bars at the mouth 

 of the Moose River at low tide. 



Climate at Moose Factory is generally more moderate than at Remi Lake, 

 not having such extreme temperatures. At Remi Lake, August 22nd, after a 

 hot day we had quite a heavy frost at night, the next day again being hot, while 

 at Moose Factory there had been no signs of a frost, but sudden changes have 

 been known to take place when the wind changed from a southerly to a northerly 

 direction, the temperature dropping as much as forty degrees in half an hour. 



On Moose Island, potatoes, cauliflower, ])eets, carrots, turnips, etc., are grown, 

 as well as hay, oats and Avheat. The oats and wheat do not always ripen but 



