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EEPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



ROADS IN EAINY RIVER VALLEY, DISTRICT OF RAINY 

 RIVER, CONSTRUCTED IN 1913. 



Number of miles of roads constructed or improved and regraded 



Number of miles of ditches constructed 



Number of miles of tap or offtake drains constructed 



Number of miles of road resurfaced with gravel 



Number of wooden culverts constructed 



Number of pile bridges constructed 



Amount expended during 1913 $135,031 



109 



32% 

 9% 



30 

 202 



12 



31 



The beautiful banks of the Rainy River, west of Pinewood. 



A trunk road was commenced at the town of Fort Frances opposite the site 

 of the Hudson Bay Company's old post and continued westerly for 60 miles 

 through the valley of Rainy River to near the town of Rainy River, where the 

 Canadian Northern Railway crosses said river into the State of Minnesota, passing 

 through the villages of Crozier, Lavalee, Devlin, Emo, Barwick, Stratton, Pine- 

 wood and Sleemen to Rainy River, crossing Indian Reserves Nbs. 11, 12, and IS 

 at the Manitou and Long Sault Rapids. The road follows the best possible grades 

 where it could be constructed at the least possible cost and at the same time where 

 it would serve the greatest number of settlers. 



The country passed through can be described in a general way as a first-class 



