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meridian to the south or east and were marked with the mileage from such 

 initial points. At the intersection of base and meridian lines forming the town- 

 ship corners, iron posts one and one-quarter inches in diameter were planted 

 beside the wooden posts and marked with the township names on the side facing 

 diagonally into the township or townships in question. When the point where such 

 post should be planted fell in a lake or other inaccessible place, the post was 

 planted at the nearest available point on the line and marked with its correct 

 chainage from the initial point. With the exception of the few instances where 

 these were not available, bearing trees were marked to witness the posts so planted 

 and their relative positions recorded in the field notes. 



The country traversed by the survey occupies the dim borderland between 

 the clay belt proper and the rock section to the south, and in its general features 

 well reflects its composite character. While there are few hills that attain a height 

 of more than twenty-five feet or thirty feet and these seldom rise with any great 

 abruptness, the country generally presents a decidedly rolling surface, drift covered 

 throughout the greater part of its area and with occasional rock outcrops and 

 rocky sections. The Missinaibi River flows north through the easterly part of 

 the township of Hayward, crossing and recrossing the easterly boundary, and 

 nowhere in its course greatly over a mile therefrom. This stream, forming one 

 of the main branches of the Moose River is too well known to need an extended 

 description and the abundant water powers along its course will doubtless make it 

 still more widely known in the future. Aside from the Missinaibi the most im- 

 portant stream met with is its tributary the Fire River, which is crossed by our 

 second base line between two and one-half and two and three-quarter miles west 

 of the former river and flows for some distance nearly parallel therewith. This 

 last stream is from a chain to a chain and a half wide with strong current and 

 affords a good waterway for canoes. At the place where the portage from the 

 Missinaibi River comes out there is a fall of about six feet in this river and about 

 six chains further down stream another fall of great beauty. The latter is about 

 twenty-five feet in height, dropping through a narrow rock gorge into a circular 

 basin of about seven chains in diameter, from which the stream emerges through 

 a narrow rock opening of some ten feet in width. Forming the rim of this basin 

 the rock rises precipitately to a height of forty feet or more, the' whole forming 

 a scene that imprints itself strongly on the memory and is well worth travelling 

 some distance to see. From the commercial standpoint this fall would permit of 

 power development at a minimum of cost. 



The country is covered with the characteristic forest growth of this latitude 

 and surface configuration. The timber values as a whole are not relatively high ; but 

 a great deal of material in the form of spruce, poplar, balsam and jack pine could 

 be harvested from the area which has not been visited by fire. The greater proportion 

 of this timber would probably be found more valuable for pulpwood than for 

 milling purposes. In the south-westerly part of Hayward, extending westerly 

 from the Greenhill River across the westerly boundary of the township and north- 

 erly about three miles the timber is heavy and composed of jack pine, spruce, 

 birch, and balsam, carrying a thick undergrowth of moosewood and hazel. The 

 same character, but with the trees much more scattered, applies to the south- 

 westerly portion of Legge. A narrow belt of jack pine in length and size to cut 

 four tie lengths is crossed by the meridian forming the west .boundary of Legge 

 within easy hauling distance of the railway line. Cedar of commercial size is 

 scarce. One clump running from twelve to twenty-four inches in diameter and 



