72 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



I returned along this base line to the boundary between O'Brien and Fauquier, 

 and ran south nine miles on the line between Nansen and Swanson to intersect my 

 first base line, and then produced that base line westward to the south-west corner 

 of the Township of Swanson and there turned north and ran the west boundary 

 of that township. 



All base lines were run as nine mile chords of the parallel of latitude. 



On base lines a wooden post was planted at the end of each mile and marked 

 on the east side with the number of the mile. 



At township corners a 1% inch iron post was planted beside the wooden post 

 and both posts were marked with the names of the adjacent townships. 



On meridian 'lines wooden posts were planted one and one half miles apart 

 and marked with the mileage on the south sides. 



The country included in this survey is almost wholly drained by the Ground 

 Hog and Kapuskasing Rivers, the Townships of Nansen and Shackleton draining 

 into the former and the Township of Swanson into the latter. As a whole the 

 country is undulating and the drainage will be easily accomplished. On part of the 

 west boundary of Swanson the land is broken with numerous ravines and small 

 creeks, while the east boundary of that township is level and swampy. 



A few thousand acres in the south-west corner of this township and a small 

 area in the south-east corner of Fauquier had been burnt over some years ago, and 

 some good spruce and jack pine timber destroyed. This burnt land is mostly dry 

 and can easily be cleared, and considering its proximity to the railway, should soon 

 be brought under cultivation. 



The soil throughout is clay, which in the swamps is overlaid with black muck 

 of varying depths. Probably about one-half of the land will be found suitable for 

 farming with drainage and as the percentage of rocky land is small, the agricultural 

 possibilities of these townships are fairly good. 



The timber is chiefly spruce with here and there some medium sized poplar 

 and some small white birch. The trees as a rule are not large and in many places 

 are of scrubby growth, yet considerable areas of timber suitable for railway ties 

 were passed through. 



The Grround Hog River is a good stream with an average width of about six 

 chains and a depth of from four to eight feet, and flows with a good current. There 

 are no rapids on the river within the limits of this survey. 



Rock crops out at a number of points along the river and some prospecting has 

 been done. A number of rocky ridges were crossed in the interior but no economic 

 minerals were found. 



Large game is not plentiful in this section of the country and no fur-bearing 

 animals were seen. Fish were also scarce in the streams. 



Accompanying this report are the field notes and plan of the survey in the 

 usual form. 



I have the honor to be. 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) James Hutcheon, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto. 



