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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



the remaining distance being moderately swift, but could be navigated by loaded 

 launches or scows. 



The navigable parts of the three stretches of river heretofore mentioned 

 traverse between banks of clay, generally sloping gently back from the river to 

 a height of from about twenty to one hundred feet or more. Along the un- 

 navigable parts, such as rapids, falls, chutes and canyons, the shores are rocky 

 and in some places precipitous. 



The Lobstick, looking down stream towards Burntwood 

 portage from foot. 



Continuing down stream from the foot of the Otters to where the river 

 empties into the Moose, a distance of about seventy-five miles, the river becomes 

 wide, shallow and swift, having a fall of about 245 feet, mostly taken up in 

 the Sextant, the Corals, the Nine Mile Rapids and Allan Rapids. The river 

 bed, most noticeable at the above mentioned rapids, is of limestone shale, the 



Burntwood ChuLcs, looking up stream, l)oLh channels. 



banks are of clay with occasional outcroppings of limestone shale, sloping 

 back to a height of from twenty to sixty feet. In many places along the river's 

 shore will be seen large deposits of oil shale, pieces of which when thrown into a 

 fire will give off heavy black smoke and strong gases. Lignite outcrops are 

 frequent along this part of the river which when dried burns well and gives off 



