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Appendix No. 29. 



SUEVEY OF THE ToWNSHIP OF ShACKLETON, DISTRICT OF TiMISKAMING. 



GuELPH, March 28nd, 1913. 



Sir, — I have the honor to submit the following report and field notes of the 

 survey of Shackleton Township in the Timiskaming District, surveyed under 

 instructions from your Department, dated May 22nd, 1912. 



This township is on the line of the National Transcontinental Railway, about 

 fifty miles west of Cochrane. The railway enters the township from the east 

 between the ninth and tenth concessions and forms the line between these con- 

 cessions to the side road betwen lots twelve and thirteen and from lots .thirteen 

 to eighteen it forms the line between concessions ten and eleven, and from lots 

 nineteen to twenty-four the line between concessions eleven and twelve, it passes 

 through the townsite of Alexandra and crosses the north boundary at lot number 

 twenty-seven. 



The tov^nship is laid out into lots of 150 acres each, except in those con- 

 cessions fronting on the railway. The survey lines were run in the centres of 

 the road allowances and the lot posts offset fifty links on each side of the survey 

 line, a witness post being planted on the line opposite each lot corner. The 

 lot posts were marked with the lot numbers on the east and west sides, and the 

 concession number on the north or south side, and R on the side next the road 

 allowance in the usual manner. Iron posts were planted beside the wooden posts 

 of the points indicated on the plan. 



The township is traversed from south to north by the Ground Hog River 

 which enters it at lot 27, Con. 1 and flows north and northwesterly till in Con. 7, 

 the main channel cuts ,the west boundary and forms the boundary of the town- 

 ship, for a short distance. In the eighth concession it takes a north-easterly course 

 and leaves the township in the Alexandra Townsite. The river varies in width from 

 four to eight chains and is • from three to eight feet in depth and flows with a 

 fair current. There are no rapids nor waterfalls within the township. A careful 

 stadia survey was made of the river and plotted on a scale of ten chains to an 

 inch. 



The central part of the township is drained by Wellington Creek which enters 

 at lot 10, Con. 1, and flows northward till it crosses the N.T.C. Ry. at lot 13", and 

 turning westward in the eleventh concession it crosses the north boundary at 

 lot 22. 



"With the natural drainage afforded by those streams the swamps in this town- 

 ship are comparatively small in extent, the largest swamp being along the railway 

 in the northeast comer of the township. 



Four lakes were found within the township besides the one which crosses the 

 north boundary. Two of these are each about a mile and a quarter in length 

 by a quarter of a mile in width, the others are comparatively small. 



There are numerous rock exposures along the river and some small ridges 

 of rock in different parts of the interior but as a whole the surface of the town- 

 ship is not broken and probably sixty per cent, of the land in it can be brought 

 under cultivation without much expenditure for drainage. The soil is clay and 

 where the land has been cleared around the old construction camps the excellent 



