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ten inches, but there is some spruce, jack pine, white birch and balm of gilead 

 up to fifteen inches in diameter on the seventh and eight miles of this boundary. 

 Along the first four miles of the south boundary of Lipton, line runs through old 

 brule with small poplar and white birch, but from the fourth mile post west 

 along this boundary and the south boundary of Beaton the country is fairly well 

 timbered, there being some good jack pine and spruce up to fifteen inches in 

 diameter. On the line beween Lipton and Derry the southerly three miles is 

 mostly in lake and from end of fourth mile north timber is small as is also that 

 along line between Lipton and Lascelles. The west boundary of Lipton is fairly 

 well timbered with spruce and jack pine and balsam and birch from six to ten 

 inches in diameter, but the west boundary of Lascelles and the north and west 

 boundaries of Beaton run through old brule with poplar, birch, spruce and jack 

 pine from two to six inches in diameter. There is some fairly good jack pine 

 and spruce along the southerly five miles of the west boundary of Larkin, but 

 from there north the timber is smaller and large spruce and jack pine is scattered. 

 On the south and west boundaries of Chelsea the timber is mostly spruce, balsam, 

 birch and poplar from four to fourteen inches in diameter, while along the west 

 boundary of Bayfield there is some fairly good jack pine and spruce from five 

 to fifteen inches in diameter with balsam and white birch from four to twelve 

 inches. The southeast part of Beaton and the northeast part of Bayfield contains 

 the best timber and on the balance of the area within the limits of this survey 

 the timber is, as yet, not suitable for lumbering operations excepting scattered 

 areas whose timber is suitable for pulpwood ; the southeast part of Bayfield and 

 Larkin, northeast part of Beaton and nearly all of the Township of Lascelles 

 has been badly burned over, and is now covered with second growth poplar, 

 white birch, spruce and jack pine from two to six inches in diameter. The only 

 sign of fresh fire that we saw this season was in the southeast corner of Lascelles 

 and appeared to be about one mile north of Kabinakagami Lake. 



Minerals. 

 I saw no indications of economic minerals. 



Streams and Lakes. 



The largest body of water encountered was Kabinakagami Lake which 

 extends for about six miles north into the Township of Derry and about five 

 miles into Lipton ; in it there are many islands, some of which are of considerable 

 area and nearly all well timbered. The next lake of importance is Kaginaka- 

 gamisis Lake, in the northeast corner of Lipton. There are smaller lakes 

 scattered throughout, varying in length from a few chains up to two or three miles, 

 the larger ones being as a rule not more than twenty or thirty chains wide. 



The most important stream being Kabinakagami River, the outlet of lake of 

 that name, and on this there are only three or four short portages between north 

 end of Lake and Canadian National Railway; the next in importance is Shekak 

 River, flowing through Chelsea and Larkin Townships and the northwest corner of 

 Lascelles. This stream is not navigable by canoes in low water as it is badly 

 blocked by logs and driftwood and is not used as a canoe route now that the 

 railroad affords transportation facilities for trappers and hunters. The Little 

 Ground Hog River has its source in the Township of Beaton, flows northerly 

 through southwest corner of Lascelles and the easterly part of Larkin, again 

 enters Lascelles and joins the Shekak, is very shallow in places in low water, 

 but there are only two short portages north of the north boundary of Beaton 

 Township. 



