1910-11 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 61 



Appendix No. 2S. 



Survey of Township Outlines, District of Sudbury. 



Little Current, Ont., Sept. 15, 1911. 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit to you the following report on the Survey 

 of Township Outlines in the District of Sudbury, under instructions from your 

 Department dated May 8th, 1911. 



After procuring my outfit, provisions and guides from Biscotasing, I pro- 

 ceeded by way of the canoe route from Old Wakami, mileage 94, west of Cartier, 

 on the Canadian Pacific Railway, through Wakamagaming and Kebsquasheshing 

 Lakes and River to Wenebegon Lake. I returned the same way as far as "Wakama- 

 gaming Lake, where I turned to the route to Ridout Station, as a train at Old 

 Wakami cannot be flagged. The fire rangers at Wakamagaming Lake have cut 

 out the old portage to Ridout, making it much easier to travel. 



I commenced the work where I had last year planted an iron post at the 

 north-east angle of 8 D, about 70 chains south of Lake Wenebegon, and ran the 

 first base line west astronomically 24 miles, between Townships 8 U and 9 D, 8 E 

 and 9 E, 8 F and 9 F and 8 G and 9 G. 



The first 3 miles, on account of a difficulty in obtaining my latitude, is some 

 minutes astray, as recorded in the notes and plan. 



At intervals of 6 miles on above base, I ran north 6 miles, and south 6 miles 

 and a fraction to O.L.S. Dobie's Base Line, numbering each meridian, reckoning 

 from the east, as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. 



After running north from the 1st base on the 4th meridian, I ran east 

 astronomically, the 2nd base along the north limits of 9 G, 9 F, 9 E and 9 D, 

 23 miles and about 11 chains to Wenebegon Lake. Where the meridians intersected 

 this base, I planted the posts for the corners of the several townships. 



At every mile a wooden post was planted and marked in Roman numerals, cut 

 in the post, the mileage, which on the base lines was reckoned from the north-east 

 angle of the township, and on the meridians it was reckoned from the south-west 

 angle. 



At every township corner, an iron post, of 1^/4 iiich pipe, was also planted 

 and marked thereon with a cold chisel the adjacent township numbers. An 

 exception to this is at the north-east angle of 9 G, where, on account of the 

 packers having mislaid for a time one of the posts, no iron post was planted, 

 but a large cairn of boulders was built around the wooden one. At every mile, 

 where loose stone could be found convenient, a cairn was built around the post 

 and noted. 



On the wooden posts at township comers were marked the numbers of. the 

 adjacent townships only. 



Where a mile post or township comer came in a lake or river, a witness post 

 was planted on the nearest shore, and cut thereon the mileage and chains. Two 

 bearing trees were marked and noted at each post, except in a few places where 

 there was no timber. 



All lines were run with a Solar compass, well adjusted and well cut out and 

 blazed, the blazes being on the sides of the trees facing the line, also on the sides 

 facing the direction of the line. 



