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UrPER Lake : 



(e) A plan on mounted paper in 8 sections, scale 20 chains to an inch. 

 (/) An index plan on mounted paper, scale 60 chains to an inch. 

 (g) Field notes with full details of all islands and shore line surveyed. 

 We have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 



Your obedient servants, 

 (Sgd.) Speight & VanNostrand, 



Ontario Land Surveyors. 



Algonquin Park. 

 Appendix No. 26. 

 Algonquin Park P.O., December 31st, 1909. 

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



Honourable Sir, — I beg to hand you my tenth annual report on the Algon- 

 quin National Park of Ontario, being for the year 1909. 



The Park staff during the past year has been composed of fifteen rangers and 

 the superintendent. Their work has largely been patrolling the park to see that no 

 illegal trapping was going on. This, during the open season, is largely done by 

 canoe, during the winter months on snowshoes. My men travel two together, and 

 each two men have a certain section allotted to them. In addition to patrolling 

 this section, they keep the numerous* portages between the lakes cut out and im- 

 proved, as they also do as far as possible the streams. The size or area of the sec- 

 tions is determined by the ease with which they can be travelled, hence those with 

 long stretches of good canoeing and free portages are larger than those that have 

 less water and require more travelling on foot. My men also make several bark 

 canoes, sleds, etc., for use on their sections, and put in ice and cut the necessary 

 wood at headquarters, besides making required improvements there. 



Each season some new shelter houses are built. For this purpose, four rangers 

 work together. The shelter houses erected are good substantial buildings of sided 

 or hewn logs. They have good roofs, windows, etc., and are fitted with a cooking 

 stove, table and benches. Of these, five have been built during the past year. Dur- 

 ing the summer months the first and most important duty of my men is to prevent 

 fire, and so well has this part of the work been performed, that I am glad to report, 

 we had no bad fires, though several were started, mostly by locomotives on the line 

 of railway. They were speedily gotten under control. 



There has been a marked improvement at headquarters during the past year. 

 The Grand Trunk Railway have built a very pretty station and erected a fine 

 hotel. They have also erected a water tank, the largest on their system, and from 

 this water is supplied to our headquarters. The Department having furnished us 

 with hose, we have now good fire protection for the buildings. 



• Wild celery has been planted and sown in several of our lakes and streams 

 with a view to encourage wild ducks to remain with us. Of these we have a great 



