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not in great numbers. The devastation by fire has reduced fur-bearing animals 

 to a minimum. The scarcity of beaver is particularly noticeable. Partridge 

 and ducks are plentiful. 



Fish. 



Pickerel, pike, maskinonge, whitefish and suckers are in abundance in all 

 the lakes. Whitefish are particularly plentiful in the expansions of the Berens 

 River below the Mickkaiame Falls. Sturgeon are also plentiful in these waters. 

 As far as I was able to learn there are neither brook trout or lake trout in the 

 country. 



This is my report. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



K. G. Ross, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 20. 

 Survey of Base and Meridian Lines in the District of Thunder Bay. 



Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, September 15th, 192L 



Sir, — I beg to submit the following report on the survey of base and meridian 

 lines in the District of Thunder Bay, run by me during the summer of 1921, 

 under instructions from the Department of Lands and Forests dated May 

 17th, 1921. 



I left Sault Ste. Marie by boat on May 27th, with nine Indians from Garden 

 River and was joined by eight Indians from Chapleau at Fort William. We 

 took the C.N. Railway to Quorn Station and were there joined by three local 

 Indians. On May 30th, we commenced cutting line with a party of twenty-four 

 and proceeded with the work without interruption until its completion on July 

 23rd. During this time we lost eight hours on account of rain. 



Our place of beginning was the 72 Mile Post on O.L.S. Niven's meridian 

 line between the districts of Thunder Bay and Kenora. From there we ran our 

 base line east astronomically thirty-six (36) miles, and from this 36 mile post 

 we ran our meridian north astronomically sixty (60) miles and thirty-three 

 {33) chains to its intersection with the main line of the Canadian National 

 Railway about two (2) miles west of Allan Water Station. 



Our freighting canoes were unable to provision the party until we had 

 run thirty miles of the base line, but from this point to the end of the work we 

 were in close touch with them all the time, with one exception. On this occasion 

 the party were entirely out of provisions and lived for two days on game. At 



