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An important feature in all these rivers is the existence of the large lakes 

 mentioned, which add very materially to the valne of the water powers by 

 insuring, in great measure, a uniform flow of water. 



Game. 



Moose were numerous, but no red deer were seen. Bears were plentiful 

 and on more than one occasjon took advantage of want of care in protecting 

 provisions. Indications of beaver were seen in numbers of places. Mink and 

 marten also were noticed. Partridge are to be found in considerable numbers. 

 Grey trout abound in the larger lakes and attain a great size. In the streams, 

 particularly in the Mattawitchewan, Coat and Oba Rivers, speckled trout are 

 abundant. 



General Remarks. 



Nearly the whole of the territory embraced by this survey lies within the 

 clay belt and the greater part, particularly in the valleys of the Missanabie and 

 Kabinakagami, will be available for farm land when the transport facilities 

 warrant settlement. 



In this connection the National Transcontinental Railway will be opened 

 during the coming summer; the Canadian Northern Railway, which crosses the 

 territory diagonally in a north-westerly direction about midway between tTie 

 Canadian Pacific and National Transcontinental Railways, will be under con- 

 struction as early as the opening of Spring will permit, and the Algoma Central 

 has projected a line down the Oba and Kabinakagami Valleys to connect with 

 the National Transcontinental Railway, with the estimate that this link will be 

 completed during the next two or three years. 



In work of this kind the surveyor finds it impossible to obtain information 

 sufficient to arrive at any reliable conclusion as to the mineral possibilities. 

 Outcroppings of rock were seen at intervals as already noted, and it may well be 

 that these are deserving of the attention of expert prospectors. 



The fact that the several railways mentioned are about to give easy access 

 to a large part of this region should within a few years throw it open to the 

 settler. 



The abundance of wild fruits and the success with which vegetables are 

 grown at Brunswick House Post, together with our own observations of the 

 climatic conditions in the clay Belt during the past ten years, convince us that 

 there is a great agricultural future before this part of Ontario. 



Accompanying this Report are a general plan, field notes and triplicate 

 account. 



We have the honour to be. 



Sir, 



Your obedient servants, 



(Sgd.) Speight & Van Nostrand. 

 -X. - Ontario Land Surveyors. 



The Honourable The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



