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Appendix No. 27. 



Survey of Township Outlines in the Temagami Forest Reserve, 

 District of Nipissing, 1908. 



Toronto, Ont., November 30th, 1908. 



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

 certain Township Outlines to the east of the East Branch of the Montreal River 

 in the Temagami Forest Reserve, made by me under instructions from your 

 Department, dated the twenty-seventh day of May nineteen hundred and eight. 

 Leaving Latchford on the tenth day of June with my party and outfit I 

 proceeded via the Montreal River to the field and commenced operations in due 

 course. The first meridian line was run due south from a point six miles due 

 west of the north-west angle of the Township of Farr and forms the easitern 

 boundary of the Townships of Morel, Haultain, Nicol, Charters and Donovan. 

 The second meridian line was run north from a point six miles due west from 

 the south-west angle of the Township of Rorke and forms the eastern boundary of 

 the Townships of Gamble, Brewster, Corkill, Lawson, Ohown and Shillingfcon. 



Base lines were run six miles east and six miles west from the north-west angles 

 of the Townships of McGiffin and Tretheway, in other cases were produced west 

 from points established last year. 



Three of these were produced westerly to the East Branch of the Montreal 

 River, as follows: 



The north boundary of the Township of Morel intersecting at Sisseney Lake, 

 the north boundary of the Township of Nicol at Burk Lake and the south 

 boundary of the Township of Donovan at Smooth Water Lake. 



From the last mentioned intersection I connected by triangulation across 

 Smooth Water Lake with P.L.S. Sinclair's 1 mile point on his survey of the East 

 Branch of Montreal River made in 1867, where I found an eight inch red pine 

 tree blazed on four sides and a few feet away on another red pine, the name 

 "D. SINCLAIR, P.L.S." (date), cut in and although somewhat charred by 

 fire since being placed there, was still quite distinct, the date alone being indistinct. 

 Good substantial squared wooden posts were planted at every mile throughout 

 the survey, excepting where such point came within a lake or river, in such case 

 a witness post was planted at the shore with the proper chainage inscribed thereon. 

 The mile posts were all properly marked with the mileage, numbered from the 

 east and south from 1 M. to 6 M. for each township boundary. 



Iron posts one and one quarter inches in diameter were planted in addition 

 to the wooden posts at township corners and also at the intersections before men- 

 tioned at Smooth Water and Burk Lakes on the East Branch of the Montreal 

 River. 



Physical Features. 



In general the surface of the country traversed is very broken and rough, 

 high hills, with rock surface succeed each other with marked regularity as the 

 country is travelled from east to west. The watershed towards the East Branch 

 does not extend more than two miles to the east. 



The headwaters of the South-west Branch of Bear Creek, Stony Creek and 

 North Branch of Lady Evelyn River are situate within the Township of Corkill 

 where a number of small spring lakes and ponds are found. 



