88 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Timber. 



From our starting point to the 25th mile of our base Une a bush fire was 

 raging through the second growth timber of this area. This fire was reported 

 to have started somewhere in the neighbourhood of the C. P. R. west of Fort 

 William and travelled through to the Canadian Government Railways east of 

 Allenwater. Heavy rains extinguished it about the 12th June. The timber in 

 this section is of no great commercial value, at present being about fifteen years 

 old. From the 25th mile on my base line to the western boundary of the Nepi- 

 gon Forest Reserve and through the southerly twenty-five miles of my meridian 

 there is a uniformly good stand of spruce, poplar, birch and banksian pine, 

 ranging from four inches to sixteen inches in diameter. The northerly twelve 

 miles of my meridian runs through mixed second growth small timber. 



Water Powers. 



The Gull River is the only waterway which presents any possibilities in 

 the way of commercial water power. There is a falls on the river about twenty 

 miles north of my base line, with a drop of one hundred feet in a quarter of a 

 mile. The flow in this river in July, 1922, was about three hundred and fifty 

 cubic feet per second. The drainage area is approximately 1,000 square miles 

 and storage possibilities are excellent. 



Game. 



Moose are plentiful over this entire area. There are also red deer and 

 caribou. All fur-bearing animals seem to be plentiful, more particularly beaver 

 and martin. There are a great number of partridge. 



Fish. 



Pickerel, pike, whitefish, perch and suckers are to be found in abundance 

 in all lakes. 



This is my report. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



K. G. Ross, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



