6 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



The problem presented by this region reqmres the formiilation of 

 a broad and far-reaching scheme of development and recuperation. 

 The water-flow should be safe-guarded, and industries should be de- 

 veloped to utilize such small resources as are left, and to contribute 

 freight to the canal, thus assuring a better future for this area than can 

 be anticipated under the present policy of indifference and neglect. 



Procedure of the Survey 



Preliminary to going into the field a correspondence was carried 

 on with the reeves and township clerks of the counties involved, in 

 order to obtain their co-operation. Letters were also exchanged with 

 the Dominion Forestry Branch and the Provincial Department of 

 Lands, with a view to securing the data which they subsequently 

 were kind enough to supply. Plans of the townships on a scale of one 

 half mile to one inch were used in plotting the information. 



The survey party started at Marmora, in the south-east corner of 

 the portion of the watershed that was to be included in the survey, and 

 camped through the country, moving camp every four or five days as 

 the plotting of the information proceeded. The party usually divided, 

 each member taking a section, travelling on foot over the townships, 

 lot by lot, and securing by interviews with reeves, township clerks and 

 other informed people, information of unvisited areas and of conditions 

 not visible in the field, such as economic conditions, and from assess- 

 ment rolls. 



The general instructions for the party read as follows : 



"This survey is to furnish a detailed description of the economic 

 and natural conditions and resources of the watershed in Peter- 

 borough, Hastings, HaliburtOn and Victoria counties feeding 

 the Trent Canal waters, and to serve as a basis for a plan of manage- 

 ment. 



The economic conditions to be ascertained are to comprise : 

 (a) Ownership and status of timber limits ; (6) Mimicipal regu- 

 lations and tax conditions ; (c) Farm development, crops, charac- 

 ter and quantities ; (d) Manufactures and mills in existence, 

 and possibilities of industrial development locally ; (e) Means 

 of transportation and development of water-powers, so far as 

 useful for developing local industries ; (/) Tourist traffic, game 

 and fishing interests. 



The natural conditions to be ascertained and, so far as possible, 

 to be mapped, are : (a) Topography (in the rough) and segrega- 

 tion of watersheds ; (6) Land classification by parcels, down to 

 lo acres lowest limit ; (c) Statements regarding character of cli- 

 mate and soil ; (d) Character and conditions of forest growth in 

 connection with (6), including estimates of merchantable timber 



