84 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



We ran across a Canadian Northern Railway location party during this first 

 day's work, who were running trial lines across to the C. G. Ry. 



The country tributary to the Kenogami, between Long Lac and Pine 

 Lake, is low, fairly level and swampy back from the river. The soi is clay 

 and clay loam covered with, on an average, a foot of moss and spruce of small 

 diameter. Along the banks, the timber grows heavier, but this is noted on the 

 plan, so I will not refer further to it here. 



As we neared Pine Lake the country became rather undulating and fairly 

 rocky along the banks of the river. We reached Pine Lake on the 3rd of August. 

 This lake is divided into two, — the upper half is about nine miles long and runs, 

 in a general way, in a northerly direction; the lower half is about five miles 

 long and runs, in a general way, northeasterly. They are both fairly deep, with 

 rocky bays and beaches, being most noticeable in its southerly portion of the 

 upper half, where we ran across an old mining location, in fact there are indica- 

 tions of iron in all this formation. 



The country surrounding Pine Lake is very hilly and rocky for about half 

 a mile, and then level, swampy country, being densely covered with spruce of 

 6 inches to 12 inches diameter; near Pine Lake and Lower Kenogami, — balm 

 of gilead, poplar, B. pine, spruce, W. birch and scrubby cedar are mostly notice- 

 able. The soil is mostly clay and clay loam with sandy loam on the ridges, 

 mixed with gravel in many cases and rocky for the most part. Back from the 

 lake the clay is covered with one foot of moss. 



The country in the vicinity of Arm Lake is much the same as around Pine 

 Lake, only not quite so rocky. Proceeding downstream it is fairly swampy and 

 open and on the north side is a brule which possibly extends to the C. G. Ry. 



The country around the next lake expansion, in the vicinity of Fernow 

 River, is very low and swampy. Spruce of three to twelve inches diameter 

 growing rather densely around the lake. 



As we approached the C. G. Ry., it became airly rocky and we ran across 

 several falls, the details of which I have set out in Schedule "A," attached 

 hereto. We brought the traverse to the C. G. Ry. track on the 23rd August. 

 Here my th ee Indians decided to quit. However, we carried the traverse on 

 to the north boundary of Barlow Township. I was unfortunate enough to injure 

 my only transit in a rapid above the track, so took the opportunity to run into 

 Winnipeg and have it fixed, as my supplies for northern part of trip had not 

 yet turned up, and I had, in addition, to replace three men. 



On September 1st, we continued the traverse downstream, arriving at the 

 Pagwachuan River on the 16th of September. The country tributary is, gen- 

 erally speaking, low and level and swampy, back from the river, clay soil cov- 

 ered with one foot of moss and spruce one to five inches diameter. After we 

 leave the C. G. Ry., the banks become higher, forty to fifty feet in some instances, 

 and are composed of clay and gravel, The river is very much wider, swift and 

 shallow, although we had more water than in the Pagwachuan last season. 

 There is some spruce of good diameter along the banks, and in places a very 

 old brule with second growth timber, poplar and dense growth of willows. We 

 ran into the big brule about Mile 110. 



We started back upstream on the 18th September, arriving at the Flint 

 River on the evening of 19th. The next day we started up the Flint River. 

 This river has been well named by the Indians-, "Pewahahasibi" (Crooked River), 

 it certainly is crooked and narrow, necessitating short stations, which slowed 

 up the work considerably. Between the Moose River and the C. G. Ry. we 

 had to fairly cut our way through the overhanging and intertwining cedar. 



