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I have divided it several good locations for cottages. Most of the shore of this 

 lake is schistose rock and conglomerate and is largely staked for mining claims, 

 as is also the country along the Blanche River. 



X have the honor to be, 



Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed) A. D. Griffin. 

 Ontario Land Surveyor. 



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

 Toronto, Ont. 



Appendix No. J^S. 



Survey of Dog and Other Lakes and the Oba River^ in the District 



OF Algoma. 



Toronto, Ont., Oct., 1910. 



Sir, — 'We have the honour to submit the following report of the survey of 

 Dog and other lakes and the Oba River made by us during the past summer 

 months, under instructions dated June 9t]i, 1910, the said survey comprising the 

 north shore of Dog Lake, from Missanabie Station on the main line of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway west of Sudbury, westerly as far as the Steel Girder 

 bridge over the LocWomond River, at Sudlow Siding. Thence the river and 

 lakes connecting Dog Lake with Lake Wabatongashene, viz. : The Lochlomond 

 River, Lochlomond Lake and MacNamara Lake ; thence Lake Wabatongashene, 

 and over the height of land and down Portage Creek into Oba Lake, and from 

 Oba Lake down stream of the Oba River as far as the portage known as Pine 

 Portage, into Kepinagogami Lake. 



We left Toronto, with two men, on the evening of June 12th for Sudbury. 

 After ordering supplies and organizing our party, we proceeded on June 15th to 

 Missanabie with a party of nine men, including a timber ranger, Mr. W. B. 

 Thomson of Orillia. 



The remainder of the month of June and up to July 15th, we were engaged 

 in the triangulation and traverse of Dog Lake, Lochlomond Lake, MacNamara 

 Lake and the Lochlomond River. From the commencement of the survey until 

 July 6th, we experienced considerable difficulty in sighting on the lakes, owing 

 to the dense smoke of bush fires to the west of us, and at times found it impossible 

 to see our pickets. A heavy rain, however, on July 6th cleared the atmosphere 

 and removed this difficulty. The latter half of July and the month of August 

 was spent in the triangulation and traverse of Lake Wabatongashene and its 

 connection with Oba Lake. Most of the islands in this lake are shown on the 

 accompanying plan as either sketched or as actually touched by the survey. A 

 few, however, may have passed unnoted during the survey. From September 1st 



