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seen, and other furbearing animals are not plentiful. Partridge and rabbit have 

 almost disappeared as very few were seen. 



In the streams and lakes at the head waters of the Goulais and the west 

 branch of the Aubinadong Eivers are to be found an abundance of speckled trout 

 of very good size. Gray trout are also found in some of these lakes. The Aubina- 

 dong Eiver .itself contains pike. 



Accompanying this report are field notes and plans of the survey, also my 

 account in triplicate. 



I have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) James S. Dobie, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 

 The Honourable, the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 21. 

 Township of Sankey/ District of Algoma. 



GuELPH, Ont., January 26th, 1909. 



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

 township of Sankey, in the district of Algoma, made in accordance with instruc- 

 tions from your department dated May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and eight. 



This tovraship lies north of the township of Eilber surveyed by me in nine- 

 teen hundred and seven and is traversed from south to north by the Missanabie 

 Eiver which enters it between lots twenty-six and twenty-seven, concession one, 

 and leaves it by two branches separated by Skunk Island between lots eighteen 

 and twenty, concession twelve. 



The river has an average width of about ten chains, but as a rule is not of 

 great depth and in many places the channel is sirewn with boulders. It is also 

 broken by a number of rapids, the principal ones being "Black Feather Eapids,'' 

 in lot twenty-six, concession three, and ''Kettle Eapids," in lots twenty and twenty- 

 one, concessions seven and eight, the former having a length of twelve hundred 

 feet and a descent of about twelve feet, in the latter the fall is also about twelve 

 feet. Between these two rapids there are several small rapids which makes canoe- 

 ing in this part of the river somewhat difficult. 



The south and west boundaries of the township were run by Ontario Land 

 Surveyor Speight in nineteen hundred and six and the north boundary by him 

 in nineteen hundred and seven. The east boundary was run by me at the time of 

 making the subdivision. 



The township is nine miles square and was surveyed under the new system 

 approved by Order in Council, April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and six. 



As required under this system a road allowance fifty links wide has been left 

 on each side of the outlines and a road allowance one chain wide between alternate 



