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perpendicular from the water line. Where lot corners were broken the lot 

 posts were established by means of offsets and guide posts planted at the 

 shore. Posts were made of the durable wood available and firmly planted 

 where possible, frost interfering at the beginning of the work. Bearing 

 trees were taken and recorded in the field notes for all lot posts. 



I found an iron post one and seven-eighth inches in diameter at the 

 southeast angle of the townships marked "Barker" on the northeast and 

 "Staunton" on the northwest and on the southwest, northwest and northeast 

 corners I found similar bars marked in a similar way. At the intersection of 

 the centre lines at the following places iron bars one and one-quarter inches 

 in diameter were planted alongside the wooden posts marked as stated. 

 On the south boundary at centre of road allowance between lots 

 twelve and thirteen and marked "Con." 1 "R" on the north, "XII" "E" 

 on the east side, and "XIII." "R" on the west side. 



At the intersection of centre line of road allowance between concession 

 six and seven with the east boundary marked "Con. VII." "R" on the north 

 side and "Lot I." "R" on the west side, and "Con. VI." "R" on the south 

 side, and at its intersection with the centre line of road allowance between lots 

 twelve and thirteen and marked "R" on the north, south, east and west, and 

 at its intersection with the west boundary marked "Con. VII." on the north. 

 "Con. VI." "R" on the south and "R" on the east side. At the north 

 boundary at the intersection of the centre of road allowance between lots 

 twelve and thirteen marked "XII." "R" on the east, "XIII." "R" on the 

 west and "R" "Con. XII." on the south side. 



Frequent observations for azimuth were taken, and magnetic variations 

 noted to vary from six to seven and a half degrees to the west, a fair average, 

 I consider, to be six and three-quarters west of the true meridian. 



The Missinaibi river is a swift stream from five to eight chains in width 

 and from four to twenty feet deep in high water. There are a number of 

 small rapids through the township, but the most important for water power 

 purposes and most dangerous to canoe men are the Beaver and Glassy falls, 

 the former has a broken fall of twenty feet or more, the latter a clear drop 

 of seventeen feet in high water time. This stream is a very swift, dangerous 

 one throughout this township and should not be attempted by inexperienced 

 canoe men under any circumstances. There are several small creeks drain- 

 ing the adjacent land to the river that appear to me to offer good outlets for 

 any drainage work contemplated in the future. Along the river is a roll- 

 ing or hilly country timbered with spruce and poplar from four to fourteen 

 inches in diameter. Back from the river we find mostly a fairly level spruce 

 country, there being occasional patches of dense alders with poplar and 

 spruce ridges. The tamaracs of this country are mostly dry and those green 

 iamaracs found were small and of no value as tie timber. 



No traces of economic deposit were noticeable and the only bit of rock 

 seen in the township being along the river. In the swamps is a heavy mus- 

 keg or moss from five inches to two feet in depth which holds the frost and 

 does not allow the heat to get to the clay soil beneath. This clay would be 

 a good agricultural producer in my opinion and will no doubt yet be a valu- 

 able asset to Ontario after proper drainage and clearing of the land. The 

 absence of the summer frost was quite noticeable, and at the Northern Trans- 

 continental Railway cache the keeper had an abundant garden of vegetables 

 grown by himself and this cache is some two miles north of our northern 

 boundary. 



There are indications which lead me to believe that this township has 

 been entirely burnt over some seventy-five or one hundred years ago, and the 



