1911-12 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 110 



southerly to the International boundary. It is impossible in the summer season 

 however, to drive over a good portion of this road. 



I beg to recommend the reconstruction of this road. I would also recommend 

 that the road from Fort William into the Whitefish Valley be improved and graded. 

 There is a large area of first class land in this valley and in the neighborhood 

 thereof, which would be settled upon if there was one good road to a market. I 

 would also recommend that two other trunk roads, tapping this main road, be 

 constructed through tlie valley. Also that the old Dawson Road, which was con- 

 structed in the early seventies, be improved as far as the Kaministiquia River; also 

 that a trunk road be constructed running north from the said Dawson Road 

 through the township of Gorham; also that the extension of John Street through 

 the township of Oliver and part of the township of Mclntyre, be improved; and 

 that the Oliver Road through the township of Oliver and part of the township of 

 Mclntyre be improved; that the main road west of Fort William into Slate River 

 Valley be improved; and that a trunk road be constructed through the centre of 

 the townships of Scoble, Gillies, and Lybster. 



It will cost $150,000 to carry out this work. 



District of Sudbury. 



I then proceeded to the Sudbury District and examined the different roads 

 constructed tributary to the town of Sudbury and the mining sections. I found 

 that while there is a good section of agricultural land to the west and north of 

 Sudbury, through which roads have already been constructed, it is difficult, owing 

 to the lack of good main roads, for the settlers to get their produce to the most 

 important market in the district. 



I beg to recommend that a main road leading West from Sudbury, passing 

 the Murray Mine, and through the agricultural sections in the vicinity of Chelms- 

 ford and Larchwood, be improved ; and a trunk road opened up north from Azilda, 

 through the townships of Blezzard and Hanmer; also that the §tobi Mine road 

 be extended north; and that the main road from Sudbury north-easterly, known 

 a? the Wahnapitae Lake Road, passing the Garcon Mine, be properly graded. This 

 road passes through a good mining section, as well as a section in which there is 

 considerable land, suitable for agricultural purposes, not yet settled on. I also 

 beg to recommend that the road between Sudbury and Connisan be extended from 

 Gonnisan easterly along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, through Wah- 

 napitae Station, and continuing easterly towards Markstay. The construction of 

 tliis road would give to the settlers between Sturgeon Falls and Sudbury access 

 to the town of Sudbury with their produce. Situated as they are at present, it is 

 impossible for them to reach a market. 



I would recommend that $75,000 be expended on these roads. 



Shining Tree Roads. 



I also beg to recommend the construction of a wagon road from the Canadian 

 Northern Ontario Railway, commencing about 80 miles north of Sudbury and 

 running in a north-easterly direction to the West Shining Tree gold mining pro- 

 perties, now being developed in the vicinity of West Shining Tree Lake; and to 

 further continue the said road in an easterly direction to the silver mining dis- 

 trict on the East Shining Tree Lake, where considerable successful development 

 work has been done. The length of this road would be approximately thirty miles. 



