1921-22 



DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 



211 



Land which had been cut over, but upon which there was some timber 

 left, and land upon which young growth existed, formed 25.5 and 20.2 per cent, 

 respectively of the area burned. It is upon these two classes of land that we 

 must depend to a large extent for our future timber crop, and the importance 

 of protection on these areas can not be too strongly emphasized. Until a 

 systematic system of brush disposal is inaugurated in connection with logging 

 operations, little can be accomplished in the protection of these cut-over areas. 



The high percentage of barren and grass land burned over is due to the 

 large areas of swamps and muskegs burned, the season being so dry that these 

 swamps, and muskegs became quite inflammable, a rather. unusual occurrence. 



On the shore of Lake Nipissing, Parry Sound District 



