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idian, and similar outcrops were seen along the strike of the range, at intervals 

 between the outcrops mentioned above. 



In the year 1911 I surveyed an Indian Reserve near the east end of Lake 

 St. Joseph, about thirty miles east of the present survey, and observed traces 

 of an iron range which appears to be an easterly extension of this same range. 

 In travelling through the easterly portion of Lake St. Joseph, I have noticed, 

 at several points along the south shore of the lake, very strong magnetic attrac- 

 tion which appears to be spread over a large area. This iron range, from my 

 observation, appears to be about fifty miles long, and the indications are of 

 such a nature, and cover so much ground that I would take the liberty of sug- 

 gesting that a detailed geological survey be made of this area. 



Throughout the greater part of the Keewatin area, the compass needle 

 was extremely erratic. The amount of local attraction was recorded in the 

 field notes wherever it varied from the normal; but in many cases the vertical 



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component of the attraction was so strong that the needle would drag on the 

 frame of the compass or on the glass cover, and no reading could be obtained. 

 These readings are shown on the detail plans of the traverse, of which tracings 

 have already been sent to your department. The points at which exposures 

 of iron ore were observed are also shown on these tracings. 



There are no water- powers within the limits of the survey; but as stated in 

 my report of last year, there are some falls on the Albany River, east of Lake 

 St. Joseph, where power could be developed. 



Lake St. Joseph is well supplied with fish of the varieties common to this 

 north country. Pike and pickerel are very plentiful, and are easily taken with 

 a troll, while whitefish and some lake trout are also taken in nets by the local 

 Indians. Moose are very plentiful, and red deer appear to be coming into 

 this section in increasing numbers. Partridge or grouse, of both the ruffed 

 and Canada varieties, aie fairly plentiful, and the number appears to be in- 

 creasing in the last year or two. Some prairie chicken were also seen; but the 



