1908 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS' AND MINES 69 



Appendix No. 21. 

 Township of Jessop, District of Sudbury. 



Sudbury, Ont., April llth, 1908. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report of the survey 

 of the township of Jessop, in the District of Sudbury, performed under 

 instructions from your Department dated Julv 10th, 1907. 



I proceeded to the work July 22nd, 1907, by the way of Mattagami 

 Station on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, thence by the 

 usual canoe route down the Mattagami River, arriving at 0. L. S. Niven's 

 second base line on August 1st, The township of Jessop is bounded on the 

 south by 0. L. S. Niven's second base line run in 1905 and by the township 

 of Mountjoy, being surveyed by 0. L. S. Green this season, on the west by 

 the township of Jamieson, being surveyed by the writer this season, on the 

 north by the township of Kidd and on the east by 0. L. S. Speight's mer- 

 idian, run in 1903, and by the township of Murphy. 



The purvey of the township was commenced on August 3rd as per 

 instructions, by running west astronomically from the several mile posts 

 planted by 0. L. S. Speight on his meridian forming the east bondary. 

 Posts were planted on the south boundary at the end of forty chains in each 

 mile to mark the width of lots not otherwise marked by mile posts. Our 

 chainage practically agreeing with that of 0. L. S. Niven's on his base 

 line in every mile, his mile posts were adopted as the starting points for our 

 several meridians run due north from the base line. In the second week at 

 this work I was compelled to abandon it on account of my men refusing to 

 work owing to the low and wet nature of the ground due to incessant rains 

 and proceeded to subdivide Jamieson to the west. On September 23rd, 

 after completing the survey of the township of Jamieson a second attempt 

 was made to complete this survey, but after three days I was compelled to 

 again abandon the work owing to men quitting, and return to Sudbury, 

 leaving the work only partly done. 



On January 26th, 1908, I left McDougall's Chutes with my party to 

 make a third attempt to complete the survey, going in by way of Driftwood 

 City, along the right of way of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario 

 Railway and the third concession road (which is cut out and being used) 

 of Walker, Clergue and Dundonald townships to Frederick House Lake. 

 Thence south over this lake and Night Hawk Lake to the Night Hawk Lake 

 Mining Company's camp on Gold Island. From here we proceeded with 

 sleighs and toboggans up the Porcupine River and across the portage route 

 to Mattagami River, arriving in Jessop township on February 1st, when 

 the survey commenced in August was continued and was completed on 

 February 21st, 1908, under more favourable conditions, there being only 

 about fifteen to eighteen inches of snow on the ground and only about four 

 inches of snowfall during our three weeks' residence there. At the south- 

 east angle of the township I found an iron post of one and seven-eighths 

 inches in diameter, marked "VIM" on the south side, "Murphy" on the 

 northeast, "Tisdale" on the southeast, on which I marked with a cold chisel 

 "Jessop"' on the northwest, "Con. 1," on the north and "1" on the west, a 

 wooden post found beside it was similarly marked except for the words 

 "Jessop, Murphy and Tisdale." 



On the south boundary was found a one and one-quarter inch iron post 

 marked "lllM" on the east side, on which I marked with a cold chisel **YI" 



