140 KEPOET OF THE - No. 3 



DESCKIPTION OF TKUNK ROAD CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN TOWNS 



OF NORTH BAY AND MATTAWA, DISTRICT OF NIPISSING, 



DURING SEASON OF 1913. 



Number of miles of road constructed and graded 48 



Number of corrugated iron culverts placed 36 



Number of miles of road resurfaced witih gravel 20 



Amount expended $83,313.38 



This road commences at the Towu oi North Bay where Kennedy Avenue 

 intersects the boundary between the Townships of Widdifield and Ferris; thence 

 southerly along Kennedy Avenue and the southerly production thereof, close to 

 the shore of Lake Nipissing to line between Concessions 14 and 15 of the Township 

 of Ferris; thence in an easterly direction across Concession 14 to near the Grand 

 Trunk Railway; thence southerly along the west side of the Grand Trunk Railway 

 to the Village of Callander in the Township of Himsworth, a distance of seven and 

 one-half miles; thence easterly between the 8th and 9th Concessions to the Town- 

 ship of Himsworth and Ferris to the side line between Lots 9 and 10, Ferris; 

 thence southerly across the 8th and 7th Concessions of the said last mentioned 

 township, to the road between Concessions 6 and 7; thence easterly across Lots 

 9 to 5 inclusive, crossing Canadian Pacific Railway on Lot 5 ; thence southerly and 

 south-easterly along the north shore of Nasbonsing Lake, north of the right of way 

 of the Canadian Pacific Railway, passing through Nasbonsing Station, and enter- 

 ing the Township of Bonfield, and crossing to the south of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway at the outlet of Nasbonsing Lake into the Town of Bonfield ; thence north- 

 erly through said town to the line between Concessions 8 and 9, township of 

 Bonfield; thence continuing easterly along said Concession line across Lots 10 to 

 32, inclusive; thence southerly between Lots 32 and 33, across Concessions 8 and 7, 

 Township of Bonfield; thence easterly between Concessions 6 and 7, across Lots 33, 

 34 and 35, to the townline between Bonfield and Calvin; thence southerly along 

 said townline across Concessions 8, 7 and 6, Township of Calvin; thence east 

 between Concessions 6 and 6, in the said last named township, across Lots 36 to 33 

 inclusive; thence southerly between Lots 33 and 33, across Concession 5; thenoe 

 easterly between Concessions 4 and 5, across Lots 32 to 1, inclusive, to the Town- 

 ship of Papineau; thence easterly crossing the right of wayof the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway on Lot 33, Concession 13, near Calvin Station; thence continuing in a 

 north-easterly direction across the 13th and 14th Concessions of the said Township 

 of Papineau to the line between Concessions 14 and 15 on I,ot 22, north of Earl's 

 Lake; thence continuing easterly along the line between Concessions 14 and 15 

 across Lots 22 and 21, and still continuing in an easterly direction across the 14th 

 Concession, to the side road between Lots 15 and 16, where the road passes close to 

 the right of way of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence continuing easterly along 

 the north side of the said railway to Mattawa Station, on the said railway, a 

 distance of forty-eight miles. 



Construction work on this road was begun early in May, 1913, from both ends. 

 Commenceing at Mattawa, the road followed the old travelled colonization road, 

 built many years ago, first for lumberinj? purposes and later on improved in places 

 by the Public Works Department for colonization purposes. This road passes 

 through a portion of the Township of Papineau, in which there is little or no 

 agricultural land. The country is almost one continuous bed of boulders, small 

 and large, with coarse gravel. The old road was in most places not more than 8 

 or 10 feet wide and in many places only the width of a waggon. I removed all 

 the boulders from off the road for a width of from IS to 22 feet and dug sufficient 



