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township boundary. At the township corners iron posts one and one-quarter 

 inches in diameter were planted in addition to the wooden posts, and both 

 were marked with the names of the several townships on the sides adjacent 

 thereto. Where a township corner came within a lake or river, iron posts 

 were planted on t' e shore and properly marked. These points may be enum- 

 erated as follows : — 



1. On the east bank of the Mattawapika River on boundary between 

 townships of Barr and Kittson. 



2. On the west bank of the Mattawapika River on boundary between the 

 townships of Klock and Dane. 



3. On the west bank of the Mattawapika River on boundary between the 

 townships of Klock and Barr. 



4. On the south bank of the Montreal River on boundary between the 

 townships of Klock and Barr. 



6. On the north bank of Willow Island Lake at the southeast angle of 

 the township of Rorke. 



6. On the east bank of Little Macobe Lake on the boundary between the 

 townships of Whitson and Banks. 



7. On the west bank of the Montreal River at the northeast angle of the 

 township of Farr. 



Physical Features. 



In general the surface is broken, rough and rocky, the trend of the 

 hills may be said to be northerly and southerly, though the water 

 divides are very irregular and in many cases the hills break off 

 abruptly. There is a decided exception to this irregularity, how- 

 ever, in what is known as Maple Mountain, which extends north- 

 erly and southerly through the centre of the townships of Rorke and Whitson 

 and rises to an altitude of eight hundred or nine hundred feet above Lady 

 Evelyn and Anvil Lakes; its easterly slope is gradual and the western slope 

 is more in the nature of large steps with intervening rolling land or gradual 

 descent. The western base at Gray's Lake and Little Macobe Lake is prob- 

 ably two hundred or two hundred and fifty feet above the eastern base. 



Viewing the country from the several heights of land crossed during the 

 course of the survey, the most noticeable features were the numerous small 

 lakes and ponds and the several round and round-topped hills to be seen in 

 every direction. 



Timber. 



The country is timbered with jack or banksian pine, spruce, poplar, and 

 white birch, varying in size from twenty inches down, while the average run 

 is from six to twelve inches in diameter. Some red and white pine is seen 

 scattered throughout, but not in great quantities in any particular part. 

 Other kinds of timber seen, but not in a general way, were cedar, balsam, 

 tamarae (dead), ash and oak. The largest spruce is located along the river 

 valleys: geuerally described, however, the ridges and high ground are cov- 

 ered with jack pine, poplar and birch, while the lower land is swampy and 

 timbered with spruce. 



During the course of the work I met Mr. E. Lalonde a few times (who, I 

 understood, was making an estimate of the timber for your Department,) 

 and gave him what assistance I could in the matter of canoe routes and gen- 

 eral descriptions of the country gone over. 



