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spruce, balsam, White birch, with scattered red and white pine. There is a large 

 'amount of jack pine of a size suitable for railway ties, and a considerable quan- 

 tity of excellent pulp timber. The south and east boundaries of this township 

 !were not surveyed by me, and I cannot, therefore, speak of the timber along these 

 lines. The west side of this township is drained by the Aubinadong River, while 

 the streams on the east side appear to flow towards the Wenebegon River. As in 

 previous years, little or no agricultural land was seen. The country is very hilly 

 and in places almost mountainous, much broken with high granite ridges. There 

 are also a great number of hills and ridges of gravel and boulders of glacial origin. 

 In fact, the valleys are almost entirely filled with glacial drift. 



The Goulais River and the branches of the Aubinadong River are the im- 

 portant streams. They are not very large, however, as in each case the streams 

 rise very close to the limits of the survey. There are no water powers of any im- 

 portance, although the rivers are all rough and rapid. 



The prevailing geological formation is Laurentian, consisting of Granite 

 Syenite and Gneiss ridges, much, cut with dikes of diabase. No deposits of 

 economic minerals were observed during the survey, although some claims have 

 been staked for iron in the south-west comer of Township 32, Range XIII. These, 

 I did not visit. In this section of the country, however, there are some areas of 

 Huronian rocks and a few pieces of banded magnetite float were picked up along 

 the lines. Townships 22 and 23, Ranges XIII. and XIY., might be worth pros- 

 pecting for iron. 



Moose, deer and wolves are plentiful, while frequent signs of all the ordinary 

 fur-bearing animals were seen. Partridges were very plentiful, notwithstanding 

 the fact that they had almost disappeared. 



The Goulais River and the west branch of the Aubinadong River are full of 

 speckled trout of very large size. The lakes tributary to these streams also afford 

 splendid sport. 



The Magnetic Variation averages about 3 degrees 50 minutes west. 



Accompanying this report are a plan mounted on cotton; Timber Plan, Field 

 Notes and accounts in triplicate. 



I have the honor to be. 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) James S. Dobie. 

 The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. 23. 



Township Outlines, District of Algoma. 



Little Current, Ont., September 15th, 1910. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit to you the following report on the survey 

 of Township Outlines in the Mississaga Forest Reserve, in the District of Algoma, 

 performed under instructions from your Department dated Toronto, May 9th, 1910. 



