TOURIST TRAFFIC 101 



Tourist Traffic Conditions 



From the climatic and scenic standpoints, central and northern 

 Ontario will always attract their share of summer tourists. In the Trent 

 watershed, with the exception of the Kawartha Lakes region, this traffic 

 is undeveloped. This region is very accessible, with the lakes dotted 

 with islands. Practically all of these islands, especially in Stony lake, are 

 the sites of summer homes to which the cottagers return yearly for 

 the hot season. In addition to this class, the transient tourists find 

 accommodation at the numerous summer hotels scattered along the 

 Trent Canal system, notably at Mt. Julian, Burleigh Falls, Buckhom, 

 Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, Rosedale, etc. 



The townships to the north of these lakes offer unknown possibilities 

 in this respect. A glance at the Forest Distribution map shows that all 

 contain numerous lakes for camping purposes. These are well wooded, 

 mostly with hardwood in the northern and poplar in the southern 

 portion, with plenty of fishing, and with a connecting net-work of 

 streams for canoeing. Some of them are not very accessible as yet, 

 but with many people this is an added asset. The altitude throughout 

 the region precludes any hot weather, and the nights are always cool. 

 The region is particularly an inexpensive recreation ground for the 

 great mass of urban citizens who have but a short vacation in which 

 to tone up. 



Ownership Conditions 



A classification upon the basis of ownership of the land area here 

 considered gives approximately the following figures : 



(i) Under license to cut timber last season 450 sq. miles 



(2) Old licenses reverted to the Crown 275 sq. miles 



(3) Owned in fee simple in large holdings 340 sq. miles 



The land held in fee simple presents the unusual aspect of two 



corporations alone owning some 218,000 acres of it. The Canada 

 Copper Company owns some 67,000 acres in the eastern portion of the 

 watershed in the townships of Faraday, Wollaston, Limerick and 

 Tudor ; some of this, however, is in the Moira River watershed. The 

 Canadian Land and Immigration Company owns nine townships in 

 the northern portion adjacent to Alg6nquin Park, some 17,000 acres 

 of it tributary to Trent waters. These were grants given, in early days, 

 at a nominal price per acre, for coloniap^tion purposes. 



Settlement within the region concerned is at an end though the 

 locating of single lots is still in vogue to a slight extent. The locators 

 usually finish with them within three years, and then abandon them 



