COLlXTV of TEM1H]0UATA. 



Houorablo J. A.. Ciiapleau, 



Prcinior and Corainissiouor of Aijriciilture 



and Public "Works. 



In obodionoo to instructions Troni thn Dcpartmont of Agriculturt^ and 

 Public Works, I proci'cded, on the 12th March last, to the county of Temis- 

 couata to asciTtain the feasibility of openinj; a road from the last settle- 

 ments of the Colonization Society No. 1 of Temiscouata, in Beiron, to Green. 

 River, in the Province of New-Brunswick, and 1 have the honour to 

 submit the following report: 



The road having been asked for at the same time by His Lordship 

 the Uishoj) of Uiinouski and the nn'mber for the county of Temiscouata, I 

 considered that means should be found to make it pass as clo.^e to the 

 line as possible so that it might serve as a main colonization road for both 

 these counties at the same time. 



Consequently, on leaving the road of the Temiscouata Coloniza- 

 tion Society, and after following the Raudot central road, along 

 almost its entire length. I at once jiroceeded to the lini' dividing the 

 two (H)unties wliich I reached at lake 8t. John. The distance from the 

 Itaudot road to lake St. John is about nin(> miles, over seven of which 

 a road can be easily made through splendid lands with forests consisting 

 chielly of maple and black l>irch. Tht> last two miles are swampy but 

 Bti!l a road can easily be made. On leaving lake St. John and taking a 

 south-easterly direction, following the line as closely as possible, we find 

 about a mile or two of rather steep hills before we reach a splendid 

 plateau of maple groves, which seems to <'xtend to a considerable distance 

 in l)oth counties. Krotn the Touiarli river to a point two Tuih's beyond 

 the line of liiencoiart. in IvMniouski. there is no serious obstacle to the 

 constnicliitn (tf a colonization road, almost in a straight lint', and these 

 six or seven '.Tiiles are covered for the most i>art with tall hard- wood trees, 

 which indicate that the soil is rich and with but little rock At this point, 

 that is about two miles from tin' line of liiencourt. we cross an extent of 

 liA'e or six miles where the soil is not so well adapted for cultivation and 

 where the mountains and steep ravines would ])resent more obstacles to 

 the construction of a road in a straight line, llowever, the hills, ihouuh 

 steep, are not lonu' and can b- easily turned without greatly increasing 

 th<' cost ol the road. There is a good deal <d' ci'ilar and spruce on the 

 bottom lands. 



