1907 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 107 



{Appendix No. 35.) 

 Township of Staunton, District of Algoma, 



Delta, Ont., November 28tli, 1907. 



Sir, — I have the honor to report that in accordance with your instruc- 

 tions dated the sixth day of May, 190T, I have completed the survey of the 

 township of Staunton, in the District of Algoma. 



I left Missanaibi Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway June 11th, 

 with a party of fourteen men all told, crossing Dog Lake, Crooked Lake 

 and Missanaibi Lake, I went down the Missanaibi river to the south boundary 

 of this township, finding this route fairly good in high water with capable 

 men in the canoes. 



The east and south boundaries of this township were opened by Ontario 

 Land Surveyor Niven in 1906, the west boundary and six miles of the north 

 boundary were opened by Ontario Land Surveyor Speight in 1906, the other 

 three miles of the north boundary were opened by Ontario Land Surveyor 

 Niven in 1900. Using Ontario Land Surveyor Niven's notes as a guide 

 for the south boundary and calculating the positions of the side lines between 

 lots six and seven and twelve and thirteen with reference to the mile posts, 

 I began the work of making all lots twenty-five chains and twenty-five links 

 wide with the exception of six, twelve and twenty-eight, on the south bound- 

 ary, making lot six twenty-five chains and forty-two links wide. In lot 

 twelve we found a small lake and after leaving a road allowance about the 

 same this gave lot twelve a width of thirteen chains and twenty-seven links. 



Lot twenty-eight was made thirty-four chains and thirty-five links wide 

 on the south boundary. 



A width of fifty links was allowed within this township on each bound- 

 ary as one-half the width of a road allowance, and within the township a 

 width of one chain along each side line and concession line allowed for road 

 purposes. Guide posts being planted in the south boundary marked "R" 

 on the north side with the lot numbers, on the east and west sides excepting at 

 starting points of centre lines of side road allowance, where posts were 

 marked "R" on the east, north and west sides. The lot posts were planted 

 in their proper positions at the corners of the respective lots one-half chain 

 north and marked in accordance with instructions. 



Meridians were run north astronomically from posts established at start- 

 ing points of the centre lines of road allowances between lots six and seven, 

 twelve and thirteen, eighteen and nineteen and twenty-four and twenty-five. 

 Chords of latitude were run in the centre of the road allowance between the 

 alternate concessions on which guide posts were planted marked "R" on 

 the north and south and lot numbers on the east and west sides from which 

 the lot posts were carefully located by means of perpendicular offsets and 

 marked "R" on the side facing the road allowance, concession number on 

 the opposite side and lot numbers on the east and west side. At the inter- 

 section of these chords of latitude with the centre line of side road allowance 

 posts were planted marked "R" on the four sides, and posts planted at corners 

 of adjoining lots marked "R" on side facing road allowance, the' lot num- 

 ber on the east and west side and the concession number on the north or south 

 side as concession demanded. 



Road allowances one chain in perpendicular width were left on each 

 side of the Missanaibi river, at the intersection of centre lines with the 

 stream we planted posts one chain from the water mark, and on either side 

 planted posts fifty links perpendicular from the centre line and one chain 



