103 EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



Timber. 



The timber consists chiefly of jack pine, spruce, balsam and birch, with a pre- 

 ponderance of jack pine and spruce. The whole area is heavily timbered wih the 

 exception of about 6 square miles in the extreme south of the Township of Mus- 

 gmve, which was burnt clean in 1896. The jack pine and spruce are large; on the 

 average 10 inches in diameter. There is only an occasional white or red pine 

 ■free, and in no place is there a stand of any commercial value. 



' "Waters. 



The Mattagami River runs north through the middle of the Townships of 

 Doyle, McKeown, Thornloe and Bristol. It takes the form of a lake (Kenogamisee 

 Lake) to within 2 miles of the north boundary of the Township of Thornloe. At 

 this pointe the Wawaitan Rapids occur. Here there is a drop of 28 feet in about 

 & mile. Below this point iihe river winds through high sand banks in a northerly 

 direction and crosses 0. L. S. Xiven's first base line 1% miles east of the 18th 

 mile post. The average rate of the stream in this lower section is about three 

 miles an hour. 



The Grassy River runs north almost parallel to the first meridian at a distance 

 of 11/2 miles east of it, and joins the Mattagami River a quarter of a mile below the 

 «outli-we9t corner of the Township of Ogden. At the point where the boundary 

 line between the Townships of Fripp and Price crosses the river two miles east 

 of our first meridian, line, there is a rapid and a fall amounting to a drop of 

 SO feet; above this point the river runs smoothly, but below it to the junction 

 with the Mattagami River the rate of the stream is about 4 miles an hour. 



The Papagamika River is a crooked but navigable stream running north 

 through the eastern part of the Townships of Price and Ogden; it enters the 

 Mattagami River about 3 miles below 0. L. S. Niveh's first base line. 



The Split Rock River (Katashkashabika River) is a navigable tributary of 

 the Papagmika River running parallel to it to the west and joins it somewhere 

 in the Township of Ogden. 



The Red Sucker River (Misqwamabinagenda River) rise§ in a lake of the same 

 name 10 miles or so west of Kenogamisee Falls on the Mattagami River. It runs 

 across the north-west corner of the Township of Thornloe and into the Township 

 of Bristol, joining the Mattagami River at the south-east corner of the latter 

 township. During its course through tliese two townsihips it is one continuous 

 rapid About 5 miles from the mouth of the river there is a fall of 12 feet. 



There are no lakes in the area embraced worthy of mention. 



Fish and Game. 



- In all the rivers and lakes, large and small, Whitefish, pickerel, pike and perch 

 are very plentiful. Below Wawaitan Rapids on the Mattagami River and below 

 the high falls on the Grassy River speckled trout averaging 3 pounds are in abun- 

 dance. Lake trout are caught, to our knowledge, only in Kanamekosike Lake, 

 which is 3 miles due west of the Wawaitan Rapids on the Mattagami River. 



There are large numbers of moose over the entire area and caribou are fairly 

 plentiful in the eastern section of the Townships of Ogden and Price. Partridge 

 are very plentiful this season. 



