80 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



At the sixtli mile post on the north boundary of Block No. 2, I planted 

 an iron bar to mark the southwest corner of Block No. 3 and ran north six 

 miles from this point and set an iron bar to mark the northwest angle of 

 the block. From thence I ran due east eighteen miles and marked th^ 

 northeast corner with an iron bar and thence south six miles to the southeast 

 corner which was marked in a similar manner, viz., the initial letters 

 "G.T.P.R." and the number of the block cut on the iron bar with a cold 

 chisel, turned so as to face the block. From thence running west twelve* 

 miles we arrive at the northeast corner of Block No. 2, which completes the 

 outUneB, 



The surface of this block especially along the north boundary is quite 

 hilly and broken by wet spruce and tamarac swamps, some of which contain 

 very fine tie timber. North of the Canadian Pacific Railway on the west 

 boundary and along the north boundary for fourteen miles, the country 

 is heavily timbered with spruce, and tamarac on low ground and poplar, 

 birch, spruce tamarac and pine on the higher ground. In the vicinity of 

 Dog River, which crosses the north boundary at the ninth mile post there is 

 quite an area of sandy land timbered with Jack Pine suitable for tie timber. 

 Between the third and fourth mile posts from the northeast corner we come 

 into brule or burnt country, part of which had been fire killed from twelve 

 to fifteen years ago, and recently burnt over. The east boundary for about 

 half the distance runs through burnt country and the first twelve miles of 

 the south boundary passes through a country overrun by fires with th'e 

 exception of a few green spruce or tamarac swamps. Nearly half the entire 

 block has been burnt over. A line drawn from the eleventh mile on the, 

 south boundary to the fourth mile on the north boundary would mark- 

 approximately the part fire killed. Green timber occurs only in swampy spots 

 01- this burned area while the standing timber on the higher ground is 

 mostly dead and blackenedor already fallen and undergoing rapid decay. 



There are many rocky ridges bearing north and south or nearly so. 

 Along the south boundary we noticed several places where the Huronian 

 formation alternates with the Laurentian, a vein or fault usually separat- 

 ing the two but no valuable minerals were seen. 



The soil is generally a sandy loam and in some localities a pure sand, 

 such as produces the groves of Jack Pines. 



Dog River which enters the block at the ninth mile post on the north 

 boundary leaves it near the fourth mile post on the east boundary but 

 follows the line southward to within a mile of the southeast corner of the 

 block. There are several small lakes in the block. The largest noticed is 

 situate near the northwest corner and locally known as Whitefish Lake. 

 There are two Indian families resident here during the winter months having 

 houses near the margin of the lake on the southwest shore. This lake forms 

 a link in the canoe route from Savanne River to Dog River and also to 

 Muskeg Lake. The portage from Savanne River to this lake is a little over 

 a mile in length well opened out and frequently used. 



For the purpose of locating the position of Block No. 4, I had the 

 option of running a line north from the Canadian Pacific Railway at a 

 point west of Savanne to the southwest corner of the block or of running 

 north six miles from the northwest corner of Block No. 3 to determine the 

 southeast corner of Block No. 4. The latter course I chose as the most con- 

 venient and accessible. Having returned to the northwest corner of Block 

 No. 3, I started on the 19th of September to run the meridian outline north 

 to establish the southeast corner of Block No. 4. At sixty-one chains on the 

 fourth mile we arrived at the south shore of Muskeg Lake which we found to 

 be upwards of two and three-quarter miles where crossed by the line from 



