128 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



All lines were well cut out and blazed. A six inch Burt's solar com- 

 pass was used to find the meridian. 



The magnetic variation was nine degrees, forty-five minutes, west and 

 fairly steady. 



The concession lines of Bowyer are produced into Purvis without any 

 jog. 



The timber consists of black spruce, poplar, jack pine, balsam, birch 

 and balm of Gilead. ^ Some cedar and ash was found along the shores of 

 Abitibi Lake. A few white spruce were seen. The black spruce is found 

 up to about thirteen inches, the poplar to about twenty inches. Jack pine 

 to fifteen inches and balsam and birch to about twelve inches. There is con- 

 siderable amount of dry tamarac, some of which is large enough for railroad 

 ties. 



The soil is principally clay, and nearly all fit for farming. There is 

 sand and gravel on some of the hills, on a belt about a mile to one and one- 

 half miles wide, which extends from the most southerly point of lot four^ 

 concession one, northerly to the south limit of lot five, in concession four, 

 at the east bank of the Kaminisinokwa River. It is also found on the east 

 boundary in concession five and six, also on the north boundary on lot nine 

 along Joe's Creek. The only rock exposures are along Abitibi Lake from lot 

 one to lot five. 



Some muskeg was found on the line between concessions four and five, 

 lots one, two, three and four. There is also some on lots four and five on 

 the north boundary. The head of the bay, lots nine and ten, concossion 

 four, is also low lying country. The remainder of the township is fairly 

 dry and level. Concessions one and two, on the point in the southeast are 

 somewhat rolling. It will no doubt be a desirable township for settlers owing 

 to its proximity to the railway, and Lake Abitibi. 



The rainfall this season was excessive. There was more or less rain 

 nearly every day, and one or more days in the week it rained hard enough ta 

 compel us to quit work. 



A good pack trail was cut from the east bank of the Kaminisinokwa 

 River, at the line between concessions three and four northeasterly to the 

 line between lots four and five. Then along that line to about ten chains 

 from the north boundary, then northeasterly to the north boundary and fol- 

 lowing it to the northeast angle. 



The survey lines of the Transcontinental Railway were intersected in 

 a great many places. I found from the engineers that the line will pro- 

 bably be located where I have shewn it on the plan. 



On lot seven, concession three, on the north shore of Abitibi Lake, the 

 Transcontinental Railway Survey has erected a log dwelling and storehouse.' 

 Mr. Quillish, the caretaker very kindly watched our supplies which we left 

 there all season in a tent. 



An Indian named Louis McDougall has built two dwellings and a stable 

 on the shore of the lake on lot two', concession one. He has also a small clear- 

 ing with a few potatoes. 



The Kaminisinokwa River is navigable for canoes only to the line between 

 concessions three and four. 



Joe's Creek is navigable for canoes from its confluence with the Circle 

 River, about half a mile north of the township to near its intersection with' 

 the north boundary in lot seven. 



The stream emptying into Ijake Abitibi in lot eight, concession four, is 

 navigable for canoes to near the line bet^Jveen concessions four and five. 



