CONTENTS 



I. Conditions in the Trent Watershed and Recommendations 

 FOR their Improvement. A Discussion by B. E. 

 Fernow, LL.D. 



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Introduction 1 



Reasons for the Survey 2 



Value of the Canal 2 



Forest and Waterflow 3 



Causes op Deterioration 4 



Procedure of the Survey 6 



History op the Region 7 



Results op the Survey 10 



Farming Conditions 11 



Forest Conditions 11 



Ownership Conditions 14 



Industrial Development 14 



Mining Industry 15 



Tourist Traffic 15 



Recommendations 15 



Municipal Ownership 16 



Government Ownership 18 



Classification of Lands 21 



Summary of Assessors' Returns 29 



Addenda : Forest Fires of 1913 31 



11. Physiographic and Forest Conditions, by C. D. Howe, 

 Ph.D. 



Drainage, Topography, Geology and Soils 35 



Drainage 35 



Topography 37 



Geology 37 



Soils 38 



Condition of the Various Forest Types 39 



In General 39 



Hardwood Type 41 



Mixed Type 47 



Coniferous Type 50 



Poplar-Birch Type 51 



Tudor Township 52 



Limerick and Cashel Townships 53 



Chandos Township 55 



Anstruther Township 56 



Burleigh Township 56 



Harvey Township 58 



Galway Township 58 



Cavendish Township 58 



Lutterworth Township 58 



Methuen Township 58 



