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vey and southwestern Cavendish. At its base is an abandoned farm- 

 house where the station keeper might live during the simimer. A tele- 

 phone line could be run to tap the one along the Bobcaygeon road about 

 4 miles to the westward. 



Three other look-out stations should be established ; one, near the 

 boundary of Glamorgan and Snowdon, about midway between the two 

 railways, to control the large bvuned-over areas in the adjoiniag por- 

 tions of these two townships ; a second, in northern SomerviUe or south- 

 em Lutterworth to protect the extensive areas of second growth in that 

 rejgion ; a third should be ia northern Lutterworth somewhere be- 

 tween Little Bob lake and Deer bay of Gull lake. There are favour- 

 able points in the last three places mentioned, but the writer is not 

 sufficiently familiar with the topography to locate them exactly. 



Twelve look-out stations located as indicated above would 

 cover practically all the old pinery area now occupied by second- 

 growth poplar and pine. Connecting these points with the nearest 

 telephone lines would enable the look-out keeper to summon help from 

 the neighbouring villages to fight the fire. The territory is well sup- 

 plied with logging trails and cadge roads, and, except for the bridges, 

 which are now generally broken down, these roads could be made 

 passable at a relatively small cost. The great point in fighting fire is 

 to get the men on the spot at its inception. So far as means of quick 

 transportation are concerned, the region, as a whole, is remarkably 

 accessible. 



The game-wardens should be made firewardens as well, and with 

 police powers, especially with power to summon men to fight fire at a fixed 

 rate per diem. The tourists, campers, and sportsmen who enter the region 

 shotild be required to register with the fire warden nearest their point 

 of entry, giving him their probable routes of travel, camp sites and 

 length of stay. Many of the fires are started by settlers burning brush. 

 They should be m.ade responsible to the fire warden for doing this at the 

 proper time. The country adjacent to the three railways has been 

 thoroughly burned. These railways should be required to take pre- 

 cautions in regard to fires and, if necessary, to patrol their lines during 

 the summer months. To increase the efficiency of the system an in- 

 spector should be provided. 



If measures like those indicated above could be efficiently enforced, 

 disastrous fires in the Trent watershed would be reduced to a minimum, 

 and this at a cost that would not be prohibitive, considering the 

 value of the property thus protected. A rough estimate of the cost 

 may be given : 



