1912-13 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 137 



the township of Blake and Paipoonge one mile, and between the townships of 

 Blake and Scoble three miles, connecting at its southerly end' with a trunk road 

 already constructed by the township of Pearson. Road between lots 6 and 7 

 township of Pearson cleared 66 feet in width for two miles, stones, stumps, etc., 

 removed from central 40 feet. Wooden culverts and bridge over the Slate River 

 built. Road made fit for winter travel. This part of the road begins at the 

 above mentioned trunk road and runs south 2 miles thence west 1 mile to join 

 a second trunk road constructed by the municipality. This road may be 

 extended south along the line between lots 6 and 7 to join the Port Arthur Duluth 

 International road. 



Dog Lake Road. 



Work begun late in season, at Dawson road. Cleared 40 feet in width for 

 4 miles. Stones, stumps, etc., removed from central 25 feet of clearing for 4 

 miles. "Wooden and stone culverts built in place for 31/2 miles. Grading and 

 ditching completed for 2^/^ miles. At a point about 2^/2 miles from the Dawson 

 Road a diversion of the former road was begun and was laid out for 21/2 miles 

 when it again joined the former road. This was cleared and stumped and made 

 fit for a winter road but was not graded nor completely ditched. 



John Street Road. 



Cleared 66 feet in width for 13i/^ miles. Stones, stumps, etc., removed 

 from central 40 feet of the clearing. Wooden, stone and 9 corrugated iron 

 culverts built in place. Grading and ditching completed for III/2 miles. Total 

 length of road to the Kaministiquia River is about I4I/2 miles. The last mile 

 of which should not be built until such time as the crossing point of the river 

 has been decided upon, the road to be diverted to meet that. 



Along the Dawson Road which was cut out a;s far back as 1870 the land is 

 nearly all settled on and in places large clearings have been made. In other 

 places, however, many poorly-cultivated farms are to be seen or land held by land 

 speculators. In other places, owing to the rough and broken character of the country, 

 only small clearings or garden patches are under cultivation. This class of land 

 is to be found towards the Kaministiquia River. The land in many places is light, 

 gravelly and stony. There are a good many Finlanders located along the road who 

 appear to be making good progress, although on rough, broken land. 



The same remarks will apply to the character of the land along the Dog 

 Lake Road ; good land in small patches here and there, but speaking generally, 

 the country is rough and broken. 



Along the John Street Road, Oliver Road and Arthur Street Road there 

 are large areas of first class farming land under good cultivation. These lands 

 have been settled on in places for many years. 



Going south-west of Port Arthur in the Slate River Valley, you enter a fine 

 farming country, under first class cultivation. Settlement as a whole will com- 

 pare favorably with some of the best settlements in older Ontario. As you 

 proceed south on the Pigeon River Road through the township of Blake and 

 Crookes, the country becomes more broken and high mountains are passed, but 

 in the valleys, however, the soil is first class, and after the completion of the 

 road, it will all be occupied, as Fort. William and Port Arthur offer splendid 

 markets for all kinds of vegetables. 



The same remarks will apply to the country on the Pearson and Scoble Roads. 



