1908 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS' AND MINES 73 



This township is covered with spruce eight inches, balsam six inches, 

 poplar eight inches on knolls, birch, five inches, cedar ten inches along 

 river and some dead tamarac eight inches. Scattered trees of black ash four 

 inches are found along the river. In addition to the foregoing, consider- 

 able jackpine, eight inches or banksian pine is found in the southwestern 

 or sandy portion of the township. 



Magnetic Declination. 



The magnetic declination at the south end of the side line between lots 

 eight and nine in concession one, is west seven degrees forty minutes (12th 

 August, 1907) at the crossing of the Mattagami River by the side line 

 between lots two and three, in concession two it is seven degrees fifteen 

 minutes west (December 2, 1907). At the crossing of the Mattagami River 

 by the side line between lots four and five in concession five it is west eight 

 degrees fifteen minutes (18th December, 1907) and on the western boundary 

 in concession five it is west eight degrees forty-five minutes (12th December, 

 1907). 



The Mattagami River meanders through this township for over four- 

 teen miles, entering near the middle of the south boundary of lot nine, 

 in concession one and running northeasterly to near the centre of lot two, 

 concession two, where it is joined by Mount] oy Creek from the south and then 

 takes a sharp turn to the north for about three and a half miles to the south- 

 east corner of lot four, concession six, when it makes another sharp turn in 

 a general direction a little south of west crossing the west boundary of the 

 township between concessions four and five. 



The river through this township, excepting the last two and a half 

 miles, is a beautiful stretch of water from three to four chains wide about 

 ten feet deep with an average current of about two miles an hour. 



About two and a half miles from the west boundary the current of the 

 river gets quite rapid and about a quarter of a mile farther down stream 

 we reach the head of the first portage just below the mouth of a small creek 

 entering the river from the south. This portage is the longest of the three 

 portages (knotvn as Sandy portages) being about a quarter of a mile long. 



There is no definite drop or fall in the river along this portage, but 

 the river is wide, shallow and rocky, and having a fall of ten feet in this 

 distance, the current is very rapid and it is dangerous to run excepting 

 with lightly loaded canoes. 



About three-quarters of a mile below this we come to the second port- 

 age, also situated on the left limit of the river. This portage is a few chains 

 shorter than the first and the river along it has two distinct falls as well as 

 a heavy grade in the river itself, making the difference in elevation forty 

 feet. 



About half a mile below this second portage the third and last portage 

 of the so called Sandy portages is met on the right limit of the river. It is 

 a short easy portage of about one-eighth of a mile long. The river along 

 this portage consists of four separate and distinct drops or falls of seven, 

 five, eight and four feet and the different small river stretches adding about 

 six feet more, making a total of nearly thirty feet difference in elevation 

 between the ends of the portage. 



I estimate that there are 50,000 cubic feet of water per minute flow- 

 ing here at low water, and at ordinary water level there would be double 

 that quantity. For safety and convenience of calculation we will assume 

 that there are 45,000 cubic feet of water, with a net available fall of twenty 



