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west corner of Lot 6, Con. 6, and the south-east corner of Lot 7, Con. 6, be reserved 

 for this power. There is also an additional fall of about ten feet between this fall 

 and the north boundary of the township. 



The other water power is up the river and about the middle of Lot 2, Con. 3, 

 and known as the Upper Falls. This fall is about ten feet high and Avould develop 

 about 4,000 h.p. I would also recommend that the land, both sides of the river, 

 here, be reserved for this power. 



I have the honour to be. 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) G. S. Abbey, 

 Ontario Land Surveyor. 

 The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



Appendix No. S^. 



Algonquin Park P. 0., November 14, 1910. 

 The Honourable The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, Toronto, Ont. 



Honourable Sir, — I beg to hand you report on the Algonquin National Park 

 for 1910. 



It gives your Superintendent and staff a great deal of satisfaction to know 

 that you have during the past year visited a number of our lakes and streams, and 

 seen for yourself the condition of at least a part of the great preserve under our 

 care. 



The work during the trapping season consisted principally of patrolling the 

 Park. This, I feel, has been attended with good results. Several parties have 

 been convicted and heavily fined or imprisoned, and I trust the penalties imposed 

 will be a wholesome lesson to those who have made a practice of breaking the laAV 

 by trapping and hunting in the Park. I regret to state that some of our trouble 

 has come from lumber camps throughout the Park, and I feel that in some way 

 the lumber firms and their foremen should be held responsible for the actions of the 

 men in their employ. Some firms, I am glad to say, do all in their power to help 

 us. while others do not do so. 



We have had several small fires in the Park. The worst of these were caused 

 by the Grand Trunk Railway at a point east of headquarters on the M'adawaska 

 River. While no great loss in timber was sustained, from a scenic standpoint 

 the fire was very regrettable. Excellent work has been done by our staff in handling 

 fires, especially the one on the mountain overlooking Cache Lake. Here every 

 tree was fought for, and the fire was confined to a small area. In the matter of 

 fires, I think that the railway company should exercise more caution in burning 

 rubbish and piles of old ties along the road. 



Game of all kinds is very plentiful, and is filling up the surrounding country 

 very rapidly, especially beaver and mink ; the latter being very noticeably on the in- 

 crease this year. Otter, martin and fisher are also very plentiful, while deer are 



