1908 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS' AND MINES 93 



Appendix No. 34. 

 Township Outlines in the Temagami Forest Reserve, District of 



NiPISSING. 



ToaoNTO, Ont., November 30tli, 1908. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report upon the sur- 

 vey of certain township outlines to the east of the east branch of the Montreal 

 River in the Temagami Forest Reserve, made by me under instructions from 

 your Department, dated the 27th day of May, 1908. 



Leaving Latchford on the tenth day of June with my party and outfit 

 I proceeded via the Montreal River to the field and commenced operations 

 in due course. The first meridian line was run due south from a point six 

 miles due west of the northwest angle of the township of Farr and forms the 

 eastern boundary of the townships of Morel, Haultain, Nichol, Charters and 

 Donovan. The second meridian line was run north from a point six miles 

 due west from the southwest angle of the township of Rorke and forms the 

 eastern boundary of the townships of Gamble, Brewster, Corkill, Lawson, 

 Chown and Shillington. 



Base lines were run six miles east and six miles west from the north- 

 west angles of the townships of McGiffin and Trethewey, in other cases were 

 produced west from points established last year. 



Three of these were produced westerly to the east branch of the Montreal 

 River, as follows : — 



The north boundary of the township of Morel intersecting at Sisseney 

 Lake, the north boundary of the township of Nichol at Burk Lake and the 

 south boundary of the township of Donovan at Smooth Water Lake. 



From the last mentioned intersection I connected by triangulation across 

 Smooth Water Lake with P. L. S. Sinclair's one mile point on his survey of 

 the east branch of Montreal River made in 1867, where I found an eight 

 inch red pine blazed on four sides and a few feet away on another red pine, 

 the name "D. SINCLAIR, P.L.S." (date) cut in and although somewhat 

 charred by fire since placed there, was still quite distinct, the date alone 

 being indistinct. 



Good substantial squared wooden posts were planted at every mile 

 throughout the survey, excepting where such point came within a lake or 

 river, in such cases a witness post was planted at the shore with the proper 

 chainage inscribed thereon. The mile posts were all properly marked with 

 the mileage, numbered from the east and south from 1 M. to 6 M. for each 

 township boundary. 



Iron posts one and one-quarter inches in diameter were planted in ad- 

 dition to the wooden posts, at township corners and also at the intersections 

 before mentioned at Smooth Water and Burk Lakes on the east branch of 

 the Montreal River 



Physical Features. 



In general the surface of the country traversed is very broken and rough, 

 high hills, with rock surface succeed each other with marked regularity as 

 the country is travelled from east to west. The watershed towards the east 

 branch does not extend more than two miles to the east. 



