1921-22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 79 



of the township of Hill, and ran the north boundaries of Hill and Marshall 

 and the east boundary of Ramsden. I then ran the east boundary of Mageau 

 north six miles. From this point I returned to the north-west angle of the 

 township of Mageau, and ran the north boundaries of Mageau and Racine. 

 After completing this line, I ran to the south-west angle of Mageau township. 

 From this point I ran the east boundary of Hill south six miles and picking up 

 the northern boundary of Strathearn I ran east to the north-west angle of the 

 township of Cochrane, thus completing the survey allotted to me. 



As to the general character of the country through which these various 

 township outlines pass, I may say that it is evident that all this section was swept 

 clean by fire about the year 1865, and it is also evident that since that date other 

 fires, evidently not so destructive, have swept through this particular section. 

 All this country is now grown up with poplar, white birch, banksian pine and 

 spruce, running up to eight and ten inches in diameter, and generally speaking, 

 very thick underbrush of various kinds. 



This country is very rolling and rocky, made up practically of a continued 

 series of high hills and deep valleys, making the work of cutting lines very slow 

 and laborious indeed. Along the north boundaries of the townships of Buck- 

 land, Ramsden, Mageau and Racine, and extending from one to three miles 

 southerly, the country is more of an undulating character, with larger timber, 

 consisting of spruce up to ten and twelve inches, poplar, yellow birch, white 

 birch, balsam and banksian pine up to fifteen inches and a few scattered white 

 pine up to thirty-five inches. All the country passed over by me is very rocky 

 and I am sorry to report totally useless from an agricultural standpoint. An 

 exceptionally large number of lakes of various sizes were met with, interfering 

 greatly with the progress of the work. The shores of these lakes are, generally 

 speaking, high and rocky, and the water pure and good. The fishing, however, 

 was not found to be even fair. I found the deflection of the magnetic needle 

 to average five degrees west of the astronomic north and although fluctuating 

 considerably at many points, no mineral deposits were seen or found. 



The only game noticeable in this country are moose, which are fairly 

 plentiful throughout this entire section. Astronomical observations for the 

 purpose of verifying the courses of the lines were taken whenever practicable, 

 returns of which will be found on the proper pages of the field notes. The iron 

 posts supplied by the Department were placed and the pits and mounds made 

 at the exact points or as near the exact points as possible. 



Accompanying this report I also beg to submit the field notes, a general 

 plan showing the topography of the country. Also timber plan, etc., all of 

 which I trust will be found complete and satisfactory to the Department. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



' J. W. Fitzgerald, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests. 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



