78 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



I attempted to enter the township by ascending the White Caribou Head 

 River, but found the stream so blocked by log jams that, after very hard 

 ■w?ork cutting out the logs, we were only able to navigate it for a distance of 

 about one mile. We therefore abandoned the river and moved our camp 

 overland. 



I commenced the survey at the south-east corner of the township and 

 ran the south boundary of both the townships of Mabee and Laidlaw, planting 

 a post every forty chains, to its intersection with 0. L. S. Speight's first 

 meridian line, a distance of twelve miles and ninety three links. This inter- 

 section was found to be twenty-three links north of 0. L. S. Speight's six- 

 mile post. 



I ran concession lines west astronomically and the section lines north 

 astronomically planting posts at the intersection of these lines and also posts 

 on the concession lines forty chains west of each intersection. 



The half-mile posts were marked with the number of the lot on the east 

 and west sides and with the number of the concession on the north side while 

 the mile posts or those placed at the intersections were marked with the 

 number of the lot on the east and west sides and with the number of the con- 

 cession on the north and south sides! I planted a post at each intersection 

 on the north boundary and then measured south fifty links and planted 

 another post, the first forming the centre line and the second post the south 

 limit of a road allowance. 



In addition to the regular wooden posts, I planted iron posts as follows : 



One at the south-west angle of the township one and seven-eighths inches 

 in diameter, marked "Mabee" on the northeast, "Laidlaw" on the north- 

 west, "Con. I." on the north, "XII." on the east, and "I." on the west; 

 also one at the north-west angle of the township, one and seven-eighths 

 inches in diameter, marked "Mabee" on the southeast, "Laidlaw" on the 

 southwest, "E," on the north, "R" on the south. I planted an iron post 

 one and one-quarter inches in diameter at the intersection of the line between 

 lots six and seven with the south boundary, and marked it "Con. I." on the 

 north, "VI." on the east, and "YII." on the west; also one of the same 

 dimensions at the intersection of the line between lots six and seven with 

 the line between concessions three and four and marked "Con. IV." on the 

 north, "Con. III." on the south, "VI." on the east and "VII." on the west; 

 als|o one of a similar size at the intersection of the line between lots six and 

 seven with the south limit of the road allowance forming the north boundary 

 of the township and marked "R" on the north, "Con. VI." on the south, 

 "VI." on the east and "VII." on the west; also a similar iron post at the 

 intersection of the line between concessions three and four with the west 

 boundary of the township, and marked on the north "Con. IV.", on the 

 south "Con. III.", and on the east "XII." I also marked the iron post, 

 planted by O. L. S. Speight at the south-east angle of the township, with 

 "Mabee" on the northwest, "Con. I." on the north, and "I." on the west. 

 The post planted by 0. L. S. Speight at the north-west angle of the township 

 I marked "Mabee' on the southwest, "R" on the north and "R" on the south. 



The Mattagami River enters the township of Mabee from the east and 

 in the third concession, and keeping along the east boundary, leaves the 

 township and enters again in the fourth concession. It finally leaves the 

 township at the intersection of the line between concessions five and six with 

 the east boundary. This river is here about six to seven chains wide and is 

 deep with little current. There is no beach, the inner banks descending 

 sharply, in many cases vertically, to the water, making a rather bad landing 

 for canoes. The land rises up from the river to a height of about seventy- 



