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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



Appendix No. 41. 

 Survey of the Abitibi River, 



Sault Ste. Marie, December 23rd, 1922. 



Sir, — Acting on instructions from you dated 28th March, 1922, to survey 

 the Abitibi River from the north boundary of the Township of Leitch to its 

 mouth, I commenced organizing for this work on May 25th, 1922, leaving 

 Sault Ste. Marie via North Bay and Cochrane with five men and arriving at 



Mounding post on Niven's Base Line. 



Clute on May 29th. At Clute I bought supplies, etc., and after overhauling 

 same, had part of them together with outfit and canoes teamed to the landing 

 at the Frederick House River, a distance of about four miles. To attempt 

 taking my whole outfit and supplies down the river in one trip in three canoes 



Lower Otter Canyon, looking upstream from near foot. 



was almost impossible, which made it necessary to make a trip with half the 

 load as far asjsland Portage. On June 6th, "arrived back at Clute, and after 

 Cetting remainder of supplies, etc., proceeded down the Frederick House River 

 to its mouth, or its junction with the Abitibi. 



