Canadian Forcslrij Journal, December, 1917 



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trial. Our rangers issued ;58(S() Per- 

 mits and no serious opj)Osiiion was 

 encountered. 



Fire Statistics for 1917. 



1. Number of Fires: 



May 441 



June 317 



July 152 



Aug 115 



Sept 66 



Total 1,091 



56.1 per cent, did not exceed 5 acres. 



2. Causes of Fires: — 



Settlers 91 



Camp Fires 98 



Railways 54i 



Lightning 28 



Indians 54 



Logging Operations 45 



Miscellaneous 40 



Unknown 19 A 



Total .1,091 



Areas Burned 



3. ? Timberland, mainly conifer- 

 ous, 71,910 



Timberland, mainly hard- 

 wood 110 



Cutover, some coniferous 

 timber left 148,368 



(aitover, some hardwood 

 timber left 2,160 



Young growth, mainly coni- 

 ferous 60,625 



Young growth, mainly hard- 

 wood 13,202 



Barren 82,922 



Grassland : 2,332 



Total 381,629 



4. Ft. B.M 15,278,000 



Cords 90,446 



Ties 781,685 



Posts 150 



Poles 125 



5. Private property $2727.00 



The forest region of Ontario over 



which our organization has jurisdic- 

 tion covers an area of over 100,000,000 

 acres. The greater part of this region 

 is covered with coniferous growth. 

 Large areas have been cut over leav- 

 ing inflammable slash. Three trans- 

 continental railways pass through 

 this territory over one thousand miles 

 in length opening it to prospector, 

 timber cruiser and scattered settle- 

 ment bringing in their wake pro- 

 blems of fire protection. Over 4,000 

 miles of railways cut through this 

 forest region. 



Wilson Avenue, St. Thomas — See Note, page 1458. 



