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Canadian Forestry Journal, May, ipi6. 



Photo by J. C. B. 



The hope of the future generation in the north. Indian girls at La Plouge Mission. 



On a Winter Survey in North 

 — ^ Saskatchewan ^^^^^ 



A Newsy Sketch of a Forest Engineer's Travels in a Land That 



Needs Protective Treatment. 



The Commission of Conservation 

 has made plans for an investigation 

 of the forest resources of Canada. 

 During the past three years, work 

 along this line has been under way 

 in British Columbia and Saskat- 

 chewan, in co-operation with the B. 

 C. Forest Branch and the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch, respectively, as- 

 sisted by information secured from 

 private concerns. In both provinces, 

 the field work has been finished, and 

 the reports are now in course of pre- 

 paration, and will be published later. 



In Saskatchewan, this work has 

 been carried on by J. C. Blumer, 

 who has recently made a trip, under 



winter conditions, into a portion of 

 the North Country, concerning 

 which but little information is avail- 

 able to the general public. On ac- 

 count of the very interesting char- 

 acter of the progress report made by 

 Mr. Blumer, on his return from this 

 trip, permission to publish the fol- 

 lowing extracts has been given. 

 Prince Albert, Sask.. 



March 30, 1916. 

 Dear Mr. Leavitt : 



The following is my final field 

 report : 



Taking advantage of the fine 

 weather. I started for Lac la Ronge 

 on February 19th, hiring Ranger 



