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country which is of the same rocky, broken character, was burnt over about forty- 

 five years ago and is now grown up with small Banksian pine, spruce, white birdi, 

 poplar, alder and willow. The Montreal liiver at this point is about two chains 

 wide, with a rather sluggish current. From the river to the north-west angle of the 

 township the character of the country is very similar to that of the west boundary. 

 Going west from the District line along the north boundary of the Township of 

 Ogilvie, the country is of a rolling character, but with the exception of a little 

 more spruce, the timber remains the same. 



Going south along the west boundary of Ogilvie and approaching the height 

 of land between the waters of Lake Huron and the Montreal Eiver, the country is 

 generally swampy, with spruce of fair size and in some places open spruce swamps. 

 The height of land is crossed about half a mile north of the south-west angle of 

 the township. The north and west boundaries of the Township of Browning are 

 more or less swampy with knolls of Banksian pine, white birch and poplar. 



Going west from the north-west angle of the Township of Unwin to a point 

 twelve miles west of the District line, the country is rough, rocky and broken, and 

 with the exception of a few scattered white pine and some large hard maple, the 

 timber remains the same. 



There is a considerable quantity of white and red pine of fair quality and up 

 to thirty inches in diameter, extending across the "Township of Fawcett and 

 especially along the Montreal Eiver. 



As in the case in the Clay Belt, nearly one hundred miles to the north, all the 

 tamarac in this locality is dead. 



Numerous lakes and streams were met with, all containing the best of water. 

 The largest body of water seen is Sandy Lake, in the Township of Ogilvie, from 

 which this branch of the Montreal Eiver takes its rise. It is a beautiful sheet of 

 water nearly two miles in length by one mile in width, with a wide sandy beach. 

 Less than a quarter of a mile south of Sandy Lake and on the other side of the 

 height of land, Eosie Creek (a feeder of the Wahnapitae Eiver) takes its rise; 

 from this point to the south boundary of the Township of Browning is a chain of 

 small lakes, which constitute the canoe route from the Wahnapitae River into this 

 locality. 



The canoe route, as a whole, through these four townships is very difficult and 

 slow, especially on the Montreal Eiver through the Township of McMurchy, where 

 a succession of rapids have to be overcome. The geological formation of this 

 locality is the Huronian; numerous small veins of calcite (yellowish white) are 

 met with, and I understand native silver has been discovered on Eosie Creek in 

 the Township of Browning. Numerous parties of prospectors were seen, all ap- 

 parently heading for Shining Tree Lake. 



Throughout the whole survey, and particularly when in the vicinity of Shin- 

 ing Tree Lake, I kept a sharp lookout for the lines of any mining claims that we 

 might cross. I have to report, however, that none were seen. 

 There is no agricultural land in this locality. 



The magnetic variation of the needle is about 7 degrees STO minutes west. 

 I found the moose, partridge, beaver and otter very plentiful in this section 

 of the Eeserve. 



In conclusion I beg to state that a great amount of labor and hardship was 

 experienced by myself and party in connection with this survey, with over one 

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