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(/) Trout River. — The banks of Trout River are very flat and covered 

 with grass in most places for about ten chains. The country is very low and 

 level. 



Timber. — The timber consists of jack pine from four to eight inches, poplar, 

 birch, small spruce and dead tamarac. 



There are no waterpowers of importance. 



Accompanying this report are: 



Plans — Sheets 



Kasaswaychin, Katagi, Atekepemeska, Arbeesee Lakes 1 



Rice Lake 1 



Opeepeesway Lake 1 



Sahkatawichtah Lake 1 



Groundhog River 8 



Trout River 2 



Kapuskasing River 5 



Field Notes. — Two field books containing notes of all surveys. 



The above is respectfully submitted. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) T. G. Code, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. J4. 



Fort William, Ont., February 2nd, 192L 



Sir, — We have the honour to report that in accordance with instructions 

 of 6th May, 1920, in regard to traverse of certain rivers and lakes in the District 

 of Algoma, we started out on May 27th, having secured the necessary supplies 

 via C.N. Railway, and by special arrangement were dropped right at Nagagami 

 Crossing, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, giving us ample time to get our 

 camp up and supplies under cover for the night. I was also enabled to get an 

 observation on Polaris. 



The next morning we started the traverse of the Obakamiga River. It 

 took us one week to traverse this stretch of river until it flows into the Nagagami 

 Lake. The land in the near vicinity is barren of timber with the exception of 

 spruce and cedar (mainly) which grow densely along the river banks, in places 

 hanging over the river and intertwining themselves in trees on the other side. 

 This necessitated clearing out before any .progress was made. In addition, 

 the river overflowed its banks in many places, and here hubs had to be driven 

 and a lot of clearing out and cutting before sights could be obtained. 



Lake Nagagami was rather easy going except when we struck the islands, 

 and here the mainland was so cut up that it made progress slow. There were 



