July 29, 1911.] 
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ONTARIO’S WOODS AND FORESTS. 
Consul Felix S. S. Johnson, of Kingston, 
Canada, says: 
“During the past year very serious forest fires 
occurred in the territory west of Lake Superior, 
and a large area was burnt over. Much of this 
territory had been lumbered over in former 
years, and the small quantity of timber remain¬ 
ing was not of first quality, being rough and 
scattered. The damaged timber was sold by the 
thousand feet board measure. 
“During the past year an important departure 
was made in respect to fire ranging on licensed 
territory. The stumpage value of timber had 
greatly increased, but this increase benefited only 
the timber licensees. This year the timber 
licensees have borne the entire cost of fire rang¬ 
ing on licensed territory. There has, however, 
been no change in the supervision of such fire 
ranging. The licensees are still obliged to sub¬ 
mit the names of the fire rangers they intend to 
employ and the limits on which they are to be 
placed. The forestry department instructs the 
rangers as to the performance of their duties. 
It supplies them with literature and copies of 
the fire act. It clothes them with authority as 
Government officers, appoints them fish and game 
wardens, and furnishes them with diaries to be 
sent in to the forestry department at the end 
of the season, verified by the affidavit of the 
rangers. Rangers are required to report all 
serious fires to the forestry department, as well 
as to the licensee. The forestry department re¬ 
quires that fire rangers shall be placed on all 
limits, and if the licensees fail to put them on, 
the forestry department undertakes that duty 
and charges the expense against the berths for 
which it appoints the rangers and makes the 
charge a lien on the berth, which must be re¬ 
moved before a license will be renewed. 
“The licensed territory is divided into districts 
of convenient size, for purposes of supervision, 
and experienced bushrangers are placed in charge 
of the fire ranges in each district. This superin¬ 
tendent has the direction and supervision of all 
fire ranges under his care and sees that they are 
placed on all limits, and that they discharge 
their duties properly. When there is a serious 
fire, the district ranger takes charge. After the 
fire has been extinguished he reports fully to 
the forestry department, stating the location and 
cause of the fire, the quantity of timber dam¬ 
aged, and all other particulars. 
“In the region west of Port Arthur, especially 
in the Fort Frances district, the summer of 1910 
was very dry and warm, probably the driest in 
thirty years. Serious forest fires took place on 
licensed territory there and on Crown lands 
away from settlements or railways. Every effort 
was made to discover the cause of these fires, 
but the immense region made it difficult to fix 
the blame. The railways were blamed for care¬ 
lessness, but the forestry department was un¬ 
able to bring home to any of them any careless¬ 
ness in connection with their engines. 
“During the summer the usual fire ranging 
staffs were placed on duty in the several forest 
reserves — the Temagami, Mississaga, Nepigon, 
Quetico and the Eastern. On these reserves there 
were about 288 rangers on duty. In the 
Temagami reserve there has been great danger 
for some time owing to the extensive exploring 
and mining for silver which has been going on 
here, but during the past summer no serious 
damage from fire occurred. The explorers and 
miners and summer tourists, of whom a great 
number visited this reserve during the summer 
months, appear to have exercised every care and 
precaution. At the northern end of this great 
reserve there has been great activity and pros¬ 
pecting incident to the gold discoveries which 
have taken place there. Next summer will no 
doubt see a great influx of prospectors, miners 
and others, and it will be necessary to place a 
large staff on duty at that end of the reserve. 
It is possible that a railway will be built into 
Porcupine at an early date, and there are also 
plans to have a railway built into Gqwanda, 
which will be an added source of danger. 
“There have been no fires during the year in 
the Mississaga, the Nepigon, or the Eastern re¬ 
serves, where adequate staffs of fire rangers 
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