52 EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



Timber, 



Considerable black and white spruce was seen and noted, as shewn in the notes, 

 the most valuable tract from a commercial viewpoint being east of the Kapuskasing 

 Kiver and several miles north of the Canadian Northern Railway. 



The timber for the most part, however, is small and faulty. Some scattering 

 red and white pine groves were crossed and several large tracts of poplar suitable 

 for pulp-wood. 



It was noticed that the tamarac trees are beginning to put out green shoots, 

 and a good deal of young green tamarac was seen in the level swamp land. 



Water Power. 



Nearly every stream crossed is available for power development, the most pro- 

 mising being the falls on the Kapuskasing, belown Kapuskasing Lake, and a series 

 of long rapids on the Piskonogama, a few miles north from the crossing of the 

 Canadian Northern Railway. There is also a splendid chute with a fall of about 

 30 feet on the Kapuskasing River, just north of the crossing of O.L.S. Speight's 

 base line. 



Game. 



Signs of moose were plentiful everywhere, but partridge and rabbit seemed 

 scarce. 



The waters and shores of some of the lakes and rivers abound with muskrat 

 and beaver. A good many marten and fisher were seen and two red deer. Duck, 

 geese and loon were fairly plentiful. 



Accompanying this report are field notes, index plan, timber plan, general plan 

 mounted on cotton, chain bearers oaths, account in triplicate. 



I have the honour to be 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 

 (Signed) J. W. Pierce. 



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

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 20. 

 Survey of Township Outlines, District of Sudbury. 



Sudbury, Ont., October 17th, 1912. 



Sir,— I have the honour to report as follows on the survey of certain town- 

 ship outlines in the vicinity of Ground Hog Lake, along the line of the Canadian 

 Northern Ontario Railway, in the District of Sudbury, performed under instruc- 

 tions from your Department, dated May 23rd, 1912. 



On June 27th my packers left for Bisco, and the following morning proceeded 

 up Bisco Lake and over the old canoe route to Flying Post. The remainder of the 



