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and 4th miles of the northerly boundary of the Township of Nordica, the Banksian 

 pine attains a size varying from 8 inches to 12 or 13 inches in diameter, and in 

 some wet places where it escaped the fire, spruce of a good size was noticed. 



Watek Powers. 



Being on the height of land there are no water powers in the district at ally 

 but quite a number of beautiful lakes suitable for summer tourists, the principal 

 of which is Wataybeeg Lake, 8 miles long and a mile wide. In places it contain* 

 numerous islands, some of them having good sand beaches and being fairly well 

 wooded. The lake abounds in fish, principally pike, pickerel and trout. 



Game. 



The whole district abounds in game, principally moose. Traces of bear were 

 seen on several occasions and a few beaver were noticed. Partridge were very 

 plentiful. 



Accompanying this report is a general plan on a scale of one mile to an inch, a 

 timber plan on the same scale, field notes, oaths of chainmen, and all other necessary 

 documents. 



I have the honor to be, 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 

 * 



(Sgd.) Andrew Bell. 

 Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, The Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



Appendix No. 29. 

 Survey of the Outlines of Townships, District of Nipissing. 



Brantford, November 11th, 1911. 



Sir, — I have the honor to submit the following report on the survey of certain 

 base and meridian lines north of Larder Lake in the District of Nipissing: — 



Upon receipt of the instructions I immediatetly proceeded to make arrange- 

 ments for supplies and transportation and on the last day of July left Brantford 

 for Dane Station on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway accom- 

 panied by the men from Brantford and vicinity. I was joined at Haileybury, 

 Ont., by the rest of my party, making a total of fifteen nien including myself. 

 This number on the completion of the work had become reduced to twelve, ten of 

 these being of the original fifteen. 



In getting on the ground with my supplies from Dane Station I used the 

 Larder Lake stage road to the point where it crosses the White River, in the south- 

 east comer of the township of Gauthier and from this point went north by canoe 



