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The Embrass Eiver above the portage about a mile or two from the mouth is 

 badly obstructed for some distance, but above 'that is very good for canoes. 



The Wenebegon is a clean, open river from the lake down to south line of 

 6D. It is said to be obstructed a good deal with driftwood below that. 



Very great precautions were taken to avoid any risk whatever of fire spread- 

 ing from our camp fires. 



Moose and red deer are very plentiful. Pike seems to be the only fish in 

 that region. In a number of places beaver are rebuilding old dams. 



Accompanying this report are the account in triplicate, plan, field notes 

 and timber plan. 



I have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) T. J. Patten, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



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



Toronto. 



Appendix No. 24. 



SuKVEY OF Township Outlines in the Temagami Forest Eeserve, 

 District of Nipissing. 1909. 



Eganville, Ont., January 3"lst, 1910. 



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

 certain township outlines in the Temagami Forest Eeserve, District of Nipissing, 

 made by me under instructions from your Department, dated the 27th day of 

 May, 1909. 



I left Latchford with my party on the eighth day of June last and proceeded 

 by canoes up the Montreal Eiver a distance of about fourteen miles, to where 

 it is joined by the Mattawapika Eiver; thence up the Mattawapika Eiver, through 

 the Lady Evelyn Lake, and up the river of the same name until I reached the 

 Township of Gamble. The river crosses the south-west corner of this township 

 and is joined by a small creek from the south, which creek crosses the south 

 boundary of the above township about ten chains east of the posit at its south- 

 west corner, which post I made the starting point of the survey. 



I was able with some difficulty to get my canoes up this small creek. The 

 whole journey from Latchford occupied six days. The firsit half of the route is 

 good canoeing, being largely through lakes; in the latter half, however, rapids 

 are numerous and are difficult to get up with large canoes even in high water. The 

 last day of the journey we were obliged to do considerable wading as the river 

 becomes only a small creek, very shallow in places, and very crooked. I would 

 not consider this route practicable for large and heavily loaded canoes at any 

 time except during the spring fioods. 



The survey was commenced by taking an observation at the post planted 

 by O.L.S. L. V. Eorke at the south-west corner of the Township of Gamble, and 

 running west astronomically from it in six mile chords of latitude, intersecting 



