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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



Township of Rykett. 



The river enters this township about a mile and a half east of south-westerly 

 angle of the township and flows north-east for about three miles^ then north for 

 about four and one-half miles, and north-east for about a mile and a half, then 

 north to the northerly boundary at about one and one-quarter miles east of 

 north-west angle. From this point, the river skirts the northerly boundary 

 to within thirty chains of the north-west corner. About a mile and a half 

 downstream from the southerly boundary, there is a rapids with a seven-foot 

 fall; and about three and one-half miles from the southerly boundary, there is 

 a fall (Pond Falls) with a head of seventeen feet. The rock outcrop at head of 



Wissanabie River, Township of Rykert. 



falls indicates that a dam of about six hundred feet could be built to flood back 

 possibly ten miles and create a head of twenty-five to thirty feet, which might 

 be further increased by excavating a portion of rock outcrop at Devil Cap Falls, 

 about thirty chains downstream. The watershed tributary at this point is 

 approximately two thousand eight hundred square miles in area; if a head of 

 thirty feet were obtained, and Brunswick and Missinaibi Lakes regulated, a 

 development of five thousand horse-power would be possible. The distance 

 from present railway communication is considerable, and it does not appear 

 that this site will be developed in the near future. Through the balance of the 

 township, the fall amounts to about twentv feet, principally in the next two 

 or three miles. 



The soil is of clay, timbered with poplar, spruce, balsam and cedar. 



