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This township as a whole is gently rolling, there being very few elevations 

 that could be called hills and very few rock exposures. The soil is a loose clay and 

 clay loam. At least fifty per cent, of the township is clay land, high enough to 

 require little or no drainage. There are some muskegs of considerable size, but 

 these can all be drained when circumstances warrant doing so. The drainage 

 facilities are good, as the township is well watered with a num'ber of small creeks, 

 some of which are fairly large. None of the muskegs appear to be very deep. 



The prevailing timber is spruce, with poplar on the high ground. The spruce is 

 of a size best suited for pulpwood and runs from 6 to 14 inches in diameter. There 

 are very few spruce trees over 15 inches in diameter, but the quantity of spruce of 

 the sizes mentioned is very large, and if pulp mills are ever established in the 

 locality this timber will be of very great value. Part of the township was swept by 

 fire a number of years ago, and is now growing up with a dense growth of small 

 spruce and poplar. Where this fire ran the land should be easily cleared, and in 

 most cases is high and dry. I am of the opinion that when this township is opened 

 up it will prove to be a valuable one for agricultural purposes. 



The Mattawishquia River is quite wide in places, but the volume of water 

 flowing in the summer months is not large. There are some shallow rapids within 

 the township, making canoe navigation rather tedious. None of these rapids would 

 afford a water power of any value. 



The magnetic variation is fairly constant at an average variation of 6° 15' west. 



Rock exposures are very few. The prevailing formation is granite. 



There is only one lake of any size in the township, and this was properly 

 traversed and the notes of the traverse are included. 



Game of all kinds appear to be scarce, although rabbits are very plentiful in 

 the small second growth. Traces of fresh beaver work were seen. 



Herewith are plan, timber plan, field notes and accounts in triplicate all duly 

 attested. 



I have the honor to be. 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



(Sgd.) James S. Dobie, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, Ont. 



Appendix No. 27. 

 Survey of the Township of Way, District of Algoma. 



North Bay, Ont., October 25th, 1912. 



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

 of the Township of Way, in the District of Algoma, performed under instructions 

 from your Department, bearing the date of June 17th. The work was started 

 on the 16th of July, and completed on the 12th day of Septem'ber. 



The survey was commenced at an iron post planted by O.L.S. Speight to 

 mark the comer between the Townships of Hanlan, Way, Kendall and Casgrain. 

 This was the north east angle of Way, and from this point the east boundary 



