1921-22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 79 



Appendix No. 26. 



Survey of Lower French River, in the Districts of Parry Sound and 



Sudbury. 



Little Current, Ont., January 24th, 1922, 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit to you the following report on the 

 survey of the Lower French River, in the Districts of Sudbury and Parry Sound, 

 which survey includes the western outlet, known as the Bad River, the Middle 

 Outlet, or Main French River; the outlet known as Bass Creek; and the Eastern 

 Outlet. The survey also includes the Pickerel River, and the large island 3382 

 T.P. which is bounded on the north and west by the Wahnapitae River. The 

 survey extends from the Georgian Bay up to near the east boundary of the Town- 

 ship of Mowat. I also retraced the boundaries of the town plot of Copananing, 

 as instructed. 



Instructions for the above were issued from your Department, dated 

 Toronto, May 16th, 1921. 



Proceeding from here with my party on the 18th of June by motor boat, 

 I arrived at Point au Girondine the same evening, and on the following Monday, 

 20th June, we arrived at our first camp, a short way up the Bad River. The 

 work at the mouth of this outlet was commenced the following day. 



The survey was made by means of a stadia. The rodman also used a stadia 

 and checked the readings on all the main stations which eliminated almost en- 

 tirely the chance of error in the main traverse. 



Frequent observations of Polaris for azimuth were also made, and the 

 bearings deduced for the purpose of checking the bearings as we proceeded. 

 On the railroads we made several tests of the stadia readings on carefully mea- 

 sured distances with a steel tape, the results of which are shown in the returns 

 of survey. The necessary correction has been applied in plotting the traverse. 



Cedar posts, mostly about five or six inches square, were planted at prom- 

 inent points, from about forty to eighty chains apart. Cedar posts were also 

 planted on all islands where stones were convenient to mound them. The 

 numbers were cut on them in Arabic numerals. These posts are shewn in the 

 field notes and plan. On the large islands at several of the numbered posts, a 

 post was also planted with the number of the island cut thereon, and shewn in 

 the notes. Beside numbers posts on islands are marked T.P. 



With only one or two exceptions, all posts were well mounded up with 

 large stones, the mounds being from four to six feet at the base, and at least two 

 feet high. The posts were planted well above the high water. 



On account of the scarcity of cedar in several localities, it often required the 

 services of an extra man to keep us supplied with posts. 



Iron bars, one inch square, were also planted at the places indicated in the 

 field notes and plan. 



A peculiarity observed in the retracing of the boundaries of the town plot 

 of Copananing, and several of the interior streets which we also retraced, was 

 that no original posts or traces of them whatever could be found in the low 

 lying places between the rocks. 



The measurements shewn on the boundaries of the Indian Reserve in the 

 Township of Mowat were made by me in a re-survey of the Reserve for the 

 Department of Indian Affairs in 1912. 



In the plotting of the Canadian Pacific Railway location from records 

 furnished me across Island 3464 T.P., it will be observed that it closes fairly well 



