138 EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



ROADS m THE DISTRICT OF KEXORA, IN THE VICINITV: OF THE 

 TOWNS OF KENOEA AND KEEWATIN. 



Number of miles of roads constructed or improved, 23^. 



(Of which 4 miles were macadamized and 15 graded, and the balance, 4^^ miles, 

 out out.) 

 Amount expended during the season of 1913, $95,533.58, 



Operations on the Kenora and Keewatin roads began early in May at the east 

 branch of the Winnipeg Eiver on the old road between the town of Kenora and the 

 village of Keewatin, which road passes through the village of Norman. At a point 

 on this road about half a mile east of the village of Keevvatin a trunk road was 

 constructed running north west, crossing Darlington Bay of the Lake of the Woods 

 over the bridge constructed by the Colonization Eoad Branch of the Public Works 

 Department in 1912, The road continues north-westerly, passing the north end 

 of Middle Lake in the Township of Pellatt. thence continues in a westerly direc- 

 tion across the fourth concession of said township, crossing the west boundary of 

 Pellatt about a quarter of a mile north of the southwest angle of Lot 16, Con- 

 cession 5, The road then continues westerly and north-wester] y for a distance of 

 about 3% miles, passing along the east shore of Beulah Lake until it reaches the 

 eastern end of Pelican Pouch Lake, where operations ceased; at a point about 

 sixteen miles south-west of Malachi station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Eailway 

 and about the same distance east of the Manitoba boundary. 



Besides this, a road was graded from Ignaco Station to Osaquan Station on 

 said railway, a disitance of five miles. Beginning at Ignace, the first two miles of 

 this road were through a muskeg, which had to be ditched and surfaced with 

 cinders from the Canadian Pacific Eailway round-house, to a depth of from eight 

 to ten inches. Several culverts were put in and off-take ditches dug. The balance 

 of the road was all cut out, stumped, and grading done where required. Several 

 bad hills were cut down and graded, and 1,000 yards of corduroy laid, and 

 covered with clay and gravel. Four small bridges were built of the following 

 lengths, 100 feet, 6 feet, 15 feet and 40 feet. The traffic over this road is in con- 

 nection with a stone quarry and a sawmill at Osaquan. 



Besides the above road, one mile of road was cut out and fairly well graded at 

 Minaki Station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Eailway where it crosses the Winnipeg 

 Eiver, namely, Winnipeg Avenue and part of Front Street, Kenora Street and North 

 Street. These roads connect Gun and Sandy Lakes with the Grand Trunk Pacific 

 Eailway Station. At the foot of Winnipeg Avenue on Sandy Lake, a dock eighty 

 feet in length by sixteen feet in width was constructed. 



Minaki is a town site laid out by the Department of Lands, Forests and 

 Mines three years ago. Part of it has been disposed of, and it has now become a 

 very prominent summer resort for the citizens of Winnipeg. Already the Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Eailway Company have commenced the construction of a large 

 tourist hotel. Islands are numerous in the two lakes to the north and south of the 

 railway, Sandy and Gun, and compare favorably with those of the Lake of the 

 Woods. 



The road as constructed between Kenora and Keewatin follows as closely as it 

 was practicable to construct, the old road along the Canadian Pacific Eailway, con- 

 structed nearly twenty years ago. The old road passed over a rough, broken and 

 hilly country. From the east branch of the Winnipeg Eiver west, very little work 

 had been done on the road. No attempt had been made to cut down the grades or 

 drain the low places. It was the most difficult and expensive piece of work I had 



