110 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Appendix No. 40. 

 , Township of Temple, District of Rainy Eiver. 



Sarnia, Ont., July 30tli, 1908. 



Sir, — I beg to forward, together with this report, plans, field notes and 

 timber map of the township of Temple, in the Rainy River District. 



A portion of this township was surveyed in 1906, and late in the fall 

 of. last year I resumed work by running the various concession lines west to 

 Eagle Lake, and the side lines north and south. 



I retraced, blazed and chained the east town line, making the various 

 concessions eighty chains or thereabouts. I also surveyed the south boundary. 

 The traversing was all done on the ice, considerable difficulty being exper- 

 ienced by water. 



Iron posts are planted alongside of wooden posts, properly marked with 

 a cold chisel, at the following places, viz. : At the southeast corner of the 

 township. On the line between lots six and seven on the shore of Eagle Lake. 

 At the southwest corner of lot ten, concession one, being the southwest cor- 

 ner of the township. On concession lines three and four on the east town line. 

 At the intersection of concession lines three and four and side line six and 

 seven in a muskeg. On concession line three and four at the distance of six 

 chains twenty links west of the line between lots ten and eleven on the shore 

 of Eagle Lake. At the northeast corner of the township. At the intersec- 

 tion of side line six and seven with the north boundary. 



The iron post planted by Mr. Tiernan on lot 10, south boundary of 

 Mutrie, was in addition marked "Temple." 



The township throughout is very hilly and broken, consisting of granite 

 ranges with quartz. 



Timber. 



Concession six is principally jackpine and scrub, partially burned. 



Concession five is principally mixed timber, birch, balsam, poplar, spruce 

 and tamarac, with small areas of swamp lands containing spruce, and tam- 

 arac. All merchantable timber excepting cord wood has been removed 

 throughout the whole township. 



Concession four has in addition to mixed timber, some tamarac and 

 spruce swamps, a few scattered white and Norway pine. 



Concession three has mixed timber with small areas of tamarac and 

 spruce with few Norway and white pine, and in addition a few small isolated 

 patches of cedar, ranging in size from three to twelve inches. 



Concession one and two are practically all mixed timber. No areas of 

 spruce suitable for pulpwood were found. 



Farm Lands. 



Good arable land was found in the southern and middle parts of the 

 township, and about forty-five per cent, of the whole area is suitable for 

 agricultural purposes. For a distance of ten to forty chains from the waters 

 of Eagle Lake the ground is very broken and rocky. 



