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Les diagrammes suivants illuatrent la m*thode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 fg'f ^'€^-- f'^cn^ /^^#/ ^ v-O^' :^' .. ^ -^ -^ . ^ Ci^ .t-a^^ ^® ^.. ^ SCHEDULE K, t^]^* DESCRIPTIVE REPORTS OF TOWNSHIPS. ft C*'^' ' tt .•' \^ >^ " ■■ ■'■I ■ . 8—5* INDKX TO T0VVN8II11' Town< ■bip Numbers 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 6 4 3 2 1 RaiiRCi West of llic I'rincipal Meridian. XXVI XXV 74 74 74 XXIV XXIII 74 I 74 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 XXII XXI XX Xk\ 73 73 73 73 T2 73 ' 72 7;} I 72 73 i 72 XVIlll XVII 72 I 72 XXVI XXV 72 71 72 71 71 I 71 71 ; 71 i 71 ! 71 XVI 69 69 71 I 70 I 70 I 70 70 70 70 (0 70 70 69 XIII XII ea I c8 68 68 C8 68 67 G7 07 67 67 XXIV X.NIIl NXll' XXI XX XIX 66 66 06 66 66 60 66 60 CO 66 67. 67 67 67 67 07 GG 66 05 65 65 G5 G5 05 xvm XVII ; xvi xv ! I XIV 65 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 6t 64 64 64 64 64 63 63 63 XI 62 63 62 XII 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 62 62 62 62 02 62 62 62 62 62 61 61 60 61 60 62 I 60 XI 60 59 59 59 60 I 69 58 68 58 68 68 58 58 58 58 63 VIII Ranges West of tlic riincii)al Meridian. IX I VIM 59 69 1 1 60 59 1 CO 59 I 60 58 1 60 58 1 CO 58 1 59 58 1 59 58 1 59 58 [ 59 58 ) 59 58 ) 69 58 ) 59 68 IX VIII DBBCETPTrONS (SCirEDULE K.) Town- sbip Numbert R«ngeB Wcjt oMlu> Principal j^,^^^^^ ^^^^ ^f ^^^ p^.^^,^^, j,^^.j.^„ It I vn 1 VI V IV 111 ! II 1 1 1 I II III . IV 1 V 1 1 VI VII ! VIIl XVIII XIZ zx XXI 21 20 19 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 r 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 1 ! i 1 1 1 1 57 67 66 66 66 t 1 i 1 1 1 1 "" 1 1 1 54 54 51 54 54 54 54 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 51 51 51 51 51 1 51 51 51 51 51 51 ul 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 39 38 40" 40 40 40 40 40 40 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 1 ;iL) j 42 42 42 41 41 41 41 41 41 tl 41 41 41 1 41 41 40 40 i 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43* 43 43 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 1 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 41 44 44 43 43 46 46 46 46 46 46 4G 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 1 1 47 i 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 4C 4G 46 46 48 48 48 48 48 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 58 58 57 57 57' 57 57 57 57 57 57 57 56 56 56 .,C 56 56 56 56 56 56 50 65 65 55 55 55 55 55 .-5 55 54 ! 54 54 54 49 h 38 49 49 49 49 49 ! 1 49 : j 49 i 40 48 43 38 38 ! 38 1 33 38 37 37 37 37 37 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 ■ 37 ! '1 i 48 !i 37 48 i;' 37 ..!..«. I| 1 37 i 1 II III vn VI V IV III 11 I ! I IV V VI VII VIII .1 [VIII XIX XX XXI Ranges Wost of the Principal Meridian. Ranges East of the Principal Meridian. Dl I th( tlu of HUC or loc ben Iti by BOCi thai besi 8Up] and timl the I one-: a SOI .surfi pmij tlie J it is devo: timbi Ofita and 'v SCHEDULE K. I DESCRIPTIVK EXTRACTS FJiOM SURVKYOUS SURVEYS IN Tim PROVINCE TERRITORY. OF rf<:ports op township manitoba and nortu-west the Provin K'Jr ^•"'Jtn'n^ extracts from tho Roports of tho TownRhip Siirvoys in of wS attb.S ,v iS. ^ "' '""* T"^''ty "< "1° ^«il '">«! timber, and tho Hupply Huoh ofLv ^ r I * ' '^troaniH, aiul sprin^.H, and to bo obtained by diwifintr with or .n K • ^'■'""*'"" rospoc-tinK tl,o fitnoHH of tho sovoral lownnhip/f.^r aSltTral The ftccompanying .vnall map shewa the poHition of tho rospectivo townships. Range I— East op the Principai, Meridian. boautTSKj(i^at/n7'^ Tl r'', T'T'' ''^' ^''^ ''fS^''^^' '""'"' ""^^ '« ^«'T fertile. by di/,%4 u m^io;;;^;;;:;;/^; -^'••^ ""•'"^^ ^ ^''•>'' '^"^ ^^"^«'- ^•"" »•« --'y obtained TCt?n5''" "~""' " ''°'7 ^'"o*> «"!'. "»d if woU adapted for farming purposee Bection« al 1 ™T""^' V''^^"'' '" ^'>« township, but many parts of tho not^^l So^n ranThe Ted Ri4"r Xf^' t''"^' ^'" ^l--^--'^'-- ^1. timber is availaWe ntle Si i^i%' T -V'",/"" "^' '?'.'"' '"'*""• ''■'^'" <''" ^«"treof tho township. and canSrn^t t~^''" '^''- \h™"«h«"t this town.hip is of tho very best quality, f^VorwtLrcan^;e";Sd;"'^ "" ""^'^^ '" '''' ^'''-'''''- ^^-'^ '' •'---, n^c; Good water can bo fomui in several placo^ the exSoLfon'T^' !''^''^ ^''■^' '""'^ "'"' '^ ^■^^•^' >'^^J^ -''• Jt i« «P«" P'-'^ine, with ro-fouXbroad ^ ,1 r? ^"m'''\T ^"^■^.■«'!.^'^- 3^- Hu-ee-fourths df a inilo long by fiurfi.£?rf'^ i^p- ,?•",'!'''•' ■''*" "^■*'"^ tou-nsbip catniot bo surpassed for richness Its The Riv.oro aux Gralias is (ho only sl.vnm in this toAvnship. vvith the exception of a few vdllows in tho south-west an.-th ol'^li^: 1 i ' ,„.;";::,: t;; "^7'"-« "'•« ^'ovoroJ rhip i,ut ioiis have lo;. ^^r uy'Z'C^!!^,:: ;'ii'":'"' '^p-'^""'-"'-!.. .i.&.S will noio. fail ii.on i,;.;,;;!;.!;? i:;;i.:;','v'r'"'^' '• •■'" '•"'^''"■^'"" ^^''^ « -m>b- ofwat:; Cla«H^'''ff ^^iJ^-I'';;:;;;;-;^'- "^-^t township come. „n,lo,. the he.I of " Fi.-st of which are vo.y o.vtun.ivo ' " '""' ''"'' ''''"'''^'''^ ""'' "'"rHlio.s, some scrub^of '" ^'■»^--^«'^« <'"<-•, the chior being pophu- with a few scatteml are very'prentifur'' "' ^^'""•^' ''''''"'''' ^^''-vben-ies and ra.pbe.-ries, an.l hazel nuts -rtii^?^t-ith7?;!t^t:;"Sr ^ -^'^ i-i>- ^>u.^^. The of them, young poplar is g.v.wi ,iilv / ^T^ '""" "^■^"'" <''^' -"'•'•'♦«'• l'""t portion of thoU-nihip is ttorn'md^S^ tl.o l>nrnt timi.or. The woArn There in some oxce'lent Inv i" iV^j. 15. Jfhe s.n h 1 ofVl i "-n.. dtnral pnrposo.M. timboro.x(endHinastripl u^ie !l^ principally wooded, the J,e,st five into secdioneleven^rionnindc^n is altIrnVtrmthranr;!Ss'"'^ '' "^""'^ "^ ^^^^"^"^ '^'"^ *he remainder soil iJ^Si^ ^^^^ii^:s^i:^z':i:^i ^y i-p>- ^i-'- The It 19 mixed with limestone and gravd Witmw.n^V '? ."oi;tli-«-est part where fifteen to twenty.five feet in any mi onhetownshfn ^'^,•"^^'""^' ^^7 .^'^i^'ing from and good water in the north-ea^tlon^ t/Tliul^^irai^l^i: Z S'^I^^ ^'^'^^^ M l)y flro, which mt of lliviiio m of about ono lim\>\y of water :md was two to ono foot, ed at about md scrubby d of " First I'omainin/r I'whos, some w scattered Ii.'izcl nuts, luffs. The iciitcr piP't 10 western < generally 10 surface, p. Taken , the best ion thirtj- so thicket •emainder ')er. The ii't where iiig from of fi'osh t. lo'n,shi/, No. n - A larKo portion !>• well wo1>''" I""ine, with rich soil, fhe .banks of tho Rividro diggilfg wells™ "'"" '"'*"'' ''"''' "'^ "'"' *''"'• '^^"'*"" *^'"' ^« obtainod by 'loir^shli' No. 3.-The soil is a tine clay loam. A considerable i.art of tho centre ofthet.jwnsnp.sopenpran^. The east and south parts aro covere,! with sc?ub townshi r' '" ^'"^ "■■ ' " "" ""'*"'" traverses tho south part of tho Township No. 4.— There in n tirio ravine running through tlic eastern uurt on the banks of which are clumps of oak, with a few noplar. The west «i• '■i'^!'. «-• -vered with thickets of poplars and willows, with beautiful tracts of open prairie between There is sufHcient wood in ;',is section fi.r ail immediate purposes, ineludintr building timber, which is abundant along the east side of the (Jed liivcr '"^'"'""S There is only one small strean> mid this was .hy in the month of July, evcent in holes here and there; but water was easily obtained by digging in the be.1 if' tho marsrrinl^'hu^i.*'"""^'"'' »"^^'"""^'' ^"'"«: P"Hly high dry prairie, nnd level low ro(ais/t*> iVa T.-lIas a c<.nsi,lerable j.artofiis surface wet and manshv Tho greatest part is, however, dry an.l fit for agricultural purposes. It contains no timber rowmhip No. 8.-Tho soil of this township is excellent for both sowinir and What"iitirr"l' ii"* '^.■■\'^°*''^\\^«i"tw« very essential thing-wood and water. What httlo wood there is, is small, and tho water in the river is impregnated with .^ni?''""'f"^' ^\ ^:;7^' ^'''''' ^""^ P""'"'*' '""*^i '*b<>"t one-half of it is covered with small poplar and willow. Sections 31, 32, 33, in the north end, and 1, 2, 3, 4 in the south end, as well as for cTlti'rtior '" ■ ''^l"'*^"^''' ««^'"«"^' «'•« ^''T P'-'^i"^ «f ffo^'^ quality, and fit Large quantities of hay are cut yearly upon this township. Township No. 10 —About three-fourths of this township is bush land. Tho non- lar timber is genera ly small ; but will be valuable for fencing and firewood, although none of it will be suitable for building jmrposes. "unougn Tlio soil where timbered, inclines to s.-ind and white clay, but the greater nor- tion of it 18 hrst-class land. ° ^ lent growTof hi"? ^"'"'" ''^'''' '''''"'^'^' '' ^""^ '"'^^ '**"''' ""'^ P^'^^-^^^^ '^^ «^«^«1- Township No.U—Ih wholly deficient in timber, there being only a few swamn S7anrpo;rr biff ''''''' ^" '^'^"^^ ''' '''' ^'" ''''^'y '^'' ^-^ -- ^^' 40 Iikoly that the firos which passed ,,"" . , ?'"l^'''o^^ audit is aiuto killed (ho greater portion cVl^^^Tlr'.otlt^tL'S' l^"l^"f,9«tobor, 1871, C Khip will have to obtain their supplies of lirowLV \T''^- '"^^^Wtants of the to-«rn- With the exceptior. of some^mall touZTlfu7'"^: ^^"""^ «^^«^- '^"ds. bage «row8 the entire township may be cfrsbed a J „- ' "^^''^ '1 ^'"'"^^ «^"»^y 1»<^'- . 'Jownship No. 13.-The «outh-easterh norfL ?^''i?" -^T^"'^"^'«' 'a°d. "^ 18 chiefly open prairie offhn v'..J1lT'Li'?i>'?."-''^'^0Vt t^^Ofthirdsof the township , b« ™,Ta.,ed for ,ichne»,. 'Thi „„Vu,tl°ll7,f ?''^'''»"ll^ c:, -- "■)"""• "lyiii' lo twelve inchcsde ""TS/:;'St!!?t»^^^"'^^^^^ Iti«thic£yco4j in the easte/lv part of thV'town' Ck^otlrw^ri?- /", ^■^^^"^■^« "^^^^sh lies On the ; ath-west there is a L^ood dea? of 1 i "T ^''''^ ^'^^ C^'eek. fr gilding purposes. There are^'ome:llflffit'of''^f P"^"''"" ^^ ^^^«h '« ^t land The soil is generally loam mixed wi?h S ^^P^P^^^^^" Bome of the prairie cas, wCethetni'-l^r^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ except in the extreme corner, on the edge of which there is T arge e^iro?! ''°.'* ^T^ ^. ^^^ «outh-ea.t well wooded^ The timber is pnncipally pon£ of V?vi ^ ^''".1: ^his township i« purposes. The soil is chiefly I richloam K wit f ^™tT^' ^"'^'^ ^«^- ^uildirg water from living springs aid small s"i and ^v^. '^ i* ^'.^^" «"PP"ed with SX^f ?r %t "' ^7 p^'-^ otX 't:;;i:i? r ^'^^ •^^ «^*--d b, digging with some spruce and oak of go^ qual y it r^v^,i t^^^ r^^-^":- "^ *^« northwest, springs and small stream.. The soil is a dee, ri if il ^^^'-i V^^ P«d water from . Township M. 11. -A large por on s wc 1 wr^i I""' ^^ -^ ^/'^^ ^^"o"^- IS of excellent quality. ^ ^ " '' '" '^^^'e^'' prmcipally poplar. The soil smalf^SSps!^-^^^^ i. howeve. a two small lakes iu the northerly part S-CtoSfp '" '"'^''"^- ^hore ^ro Kange III— East. land. The soil is a sandy loam of the heJ ,\o.our t^^ ^^^^'^ '« "'^'"^ g-^ liav ™PO»"t»t,n of the township to the north of..,,- 1 • heavily covered with undergrowth ofwillo^^llt^^t 7'' m"' '^ '''"•^' ™h soil, .uxuSaS^Z. !?---?■.. -^^^^^^^^^^ of U.0 ..ivor i, ,0., with a No timber except on those sections along the Avor.' 41 >uth-wost corner, bctwoon Sections uth. for building — it ing but throe or and it is qmto Jbor, 1871, have Its of the town- )ther lands, ery scanty her- iral land. Jf the township iposod of black !iy and gravelly ■t is principally thickly covered sive marsh lies Ci-eek. of which is fit e of the prairie n the extreme the south-eaet is township is d for building supplied with ed by digging and southerly ho northwest, >d water from torn. "r. The soil , however, a There are 1' Joe River me good hay r consists of OHoau, a fine ;htcen inchea •y rich soil, ne adjoining being well low, with a om?Z::;l:' '''' ^"""' "''• ^^'^^''^ '-"-tlons of being wot dunng the early part flT^^f^^lSl^l'lM^:^^^ It is quite the sultooil bliio ciay. '^"' ''^^ ^^^^^°''"- '^''u soil is black loam, and of wtiKtlh t.u£ ' ''' "'"^^^ ^^° ^-^^'^ oC the Riviore a„ Roseau, the water tions^?P"'¥i;o^^i;i;;;;;^:s^;,'j ^' 'r"\ ^'- -^ -"l'l«^-« ''^^ billows black Sm mi fbiifoTia%.b"oiT^^ ^'''^""^'''' agricultural land. The soilis ij^o ^^Ss^^sr;^'^,nSh:;^t;;ft^'^!;^ --^ i-p^a. -d oak. s:^an;^:^r^:^fer' "^^^'•' ^^-'' --' <^v'tL^^^^ bo said to bo of a very go^.l soil ''•''''""^ '^'"''""'^ -"' 17, 32, 29 and 8, luajr section, numbered 25, 36', 2b-, 35, 27, 34 'S" -.o '.P';."-;;'^'''^";"' pnrpo.es. Tho timber consisting of oak, ash dm and po^h,: ^ro'l-f.?' ' /^ •"'' -^^ '"" ^•^^•"••^'^ ^vith gi-oves of oak and pophu- aie to bo f mfft ■ ' W o , "■"''""?">«^i»fc^- Several small rrcm the south-east to tho north-u-o. t of t "is town .h """'''''''' ^'"^^ ^^^•«^' ^^^^ Bouth and along the bank of JJatlJIve^. ''°''^'"'^"''^'' I>ti^'po„o.. It is wocdod in the ?w?^?::^:;;;;;:St!r''^';"^-^ Timber .carco. cult on acc:.At of hUo'S;:?^^^ ,51'^ ilS- lil'?!;'' 7 "'"""'"' ''"--^' -- d'^- rS- '*;?°''i71^",""^' ^''0 s".'iUc-e ^!oiM•i.ol?' ^'"^^ ''•^'■^' '^""'^'^ «^ vegetation, well a2^cUbr'mo!uloiJ]!" "lutoidd'lil'c-wK ^^^"'^1 ."'"^ !^^^ exceptions, level, and Theve is a con.idorablo q.amlly of timl'er '"'' "^" '^'' ^'^ ^"^•«'-- in theShf .muinii;;^""" ^'""'"^ ^"•^"'■'" -'» -'^-^ ^r cultivation. Salt appears eunounded by bog.. InU \ho land is sK - -^uiv hi ^n'?V^•^^ "?^""^^'P '« «'™o«* Tho soil H dark and rather .-i .(iir ^j ,™ ^ '"^'' ""'^ '^'y '^"•yiculturai purposes. ^^^^^f^C:^:::yi.-::S^^^^ or.. di.anoo round l, Thowestorn part i. hcavilv limboro7u-i.'h 1''"''"''° ''^^'^'C quantities of hay. "' portion of it has Uwa;oi>Mlam..;;e,^^^^,^^^^^^ poplar, but a considerable ■ •'4^thc^ghc;i-iwii^ ri^ir'iir j!f with theaame kimhjf 'J'hUer,' tliou-h ofnurch uiZ'"'"'T' 1","'^ '' ^'"^''^'ly 'hovered mteiye rsod with bluffs of poplar. ° ^''' gTOwth,-tho central willow bush noarly'antfe'Sli^.^Si';.;^ "' "''"''^'''•^ '' ^" ^''^ ^^^^^^ ^iJ° of the township, and is The so.l ,s a goodj'icii loam mixc.l wi(h clay marsh ir;i:;fU.:J,e"-T!;e'Sl'tl;.;:-;^:;";S^ r^ ^«- P---- -ith a great _ ^i euiuu poplui wiLi some bcattoring 8 "6* oek. 43 M? a the good, hein^. a rid, lou, i. u-iti^ •, ! , L] Im i ?• '''::'' '"•'"■"''• ^'^o noil is ijoneralft It well wood/.l. 1„ tl.o m. i rcnr ;> o ^f^ f "'' r"^''^'->' "'Hl"latin,^^uKl^a partof section, of iiucpraine in ti.o JtC! S^o n^^ h i '^Sl 7'"'':''1 '^"^' «l>""t thr^ Township Xo. 18.-Con(ain.s a lai^t^e c m' t i; f .. "'"?^'"/ ^•''" '^^llJemont. considorablo aizo. ' *^ '1""^^ marshy and drained l.y a brook of nch.a,S5ft^':}ju<^:srSfi^;;;;^^ inan;M-th-wostorJydiieo(io,uiuddouS .^trtL^R P '^"h coulee, which run. , ^ou'ns/i?;) i\'^/. 2.— The soil in i , ', "V'/''®"^ ""•«-' an Kosoau. ^''^V'?'^i?f''4^^'''''''''''^'^"^^^ purpose., having a of^ sized dee,, ..lira ilw^cilJS^J,;:;,;^^^ '""■'"'■* '» -«"«■• .-•■«..« •Ia„d, good I he cenlro ^eciion is oidv iil \m- U-X- i , • i covorcdwithwale,MVom.ixlotifcL;m.lt?"'(t •'''''';!''' ^"''^' ""^' '" ^o*- ^ea.ons in and IJat Rivoj-, °"^^" ""^^'^^''. being tho ovei-flow of Mo.quito Cre«k "4:55^5^^^ '"-^ -- -"^ -- we.^a.~f-£H The in both s,r..an,s. So.ue ral'ts ol'tiiMhor iw vl .dV."';i; 1 ' i'*" ^^ "^^''' '"^ ^•xeellenl and akjM, duu.. iu ih, .prin£>- soasu . I- : , ' T"," '"'f ' ^'" »''^' ^voM branch, ho bank, uf l,o,h Mreanfs. c^teudin^, -m d j,e "i," : w ^ H'^'" ^''^ ^" ''*' "'""'lalo..^ timber ,s o, .-oud .pialiiy lb. hniidint timu' '" ^" '"■''"<>' ^■''"'■"^- The rmane.wiU. snudl e!evaL,ons arc !: tent' Si;"n^' "'■''"' •'^'"■'•' ^'''»*''« ««v*^^ of llns lowo>l.ip, roeeive. the u-aters oj " v , ■ ."o / 1 i'"" "''''''' "'^^•"'^'■^ "h' >*outh western braneh. and the .M.alier h, .!?,.',"'•/'''' ''"'y'^''' '■'''^^'h^'ii is ealled the .foan. belt, .,ni,„,.„. .,, -u t lo.tl V S iit^Tllitk*';:!/ "''1 '"'"'? ^^" '^^^^ ''^-^ NoUvub.and,n, the. disadvantage, "^^^l^ J^:: hilSgrn^llVl^'td^llS 7ood>i, containing of medium Mize, iHOil isgonemlly kI springH. in^'. and a part of uui about throe 01- Neitlemont. fcU W(K)dod, and d liy u brook of i>o uZs^i: ands not thus occupied are <.l iSv ' m 1 V'''''.^'''* ''"■■'^"''>' ^""''^■'■«1- The fhere being but little prairie • '""' '^■'"' ^^''l'""'- ""'v and hazel scrub ^^^^^f^^^^^^^ '"^ '-vn^'^ii. -d la,^e,,.anti,iesofwheat Seotiot^^TS'^^J^i:;^,^--^;^;^^^^ d.y, .ith the ex..cp,ion .f parts of t^e centre of Section 17 whi V ma o cvcelk'u S '>"" ^,^.'' "'^"''•« «^'^^'^' 'i^^" 6 to ^gs;;£-^- ^^d SK- ^tt ^^u-^StS' ,r ^;l;?' N™l,;^.i;;rttJS^ woodS^i^,^„;^F;It';s;;;nT£ ;;;; j;;r r '-- -'-^^^^-^ - --'^-an >nter«)ersed. The soil is nf%..y .oo< Ju; '^'^''S' ., -^''^^''^^ "''^^ --^ '^^'^v hay marsho. Range V— East. Township No. 2 Is of fii-ut --u, i The.a.,.uKh,rsth.t.ghoutt^^ ;« ™?';^,^^;^S :/^r.S' ;lr'"-^ -^' .-..'a- i-n.:,. T,. .itnber tjmher. The west b.vtnch of .T?at Cook rm.sin^ ""'V'' "^'^''^^'^^''hI l>uilding ^Ii>P, supplying clear a.ul grKKl M-atenCT?V ' \']'''''''-'-'''^ corner. On its banks thc% is a ^l stmnh ;.';:'; ''' ^^"^'^ ''"'^'^ ^'"- ^"uth-wesW post^. Tho land in the southern par ffi. . n I '"" '?'''" m ''' ''"' ''"''-''■"^' P"'" tural purposes. There are laree o on,'nV« S .i '^^ ""'' '^'^'^ "'^'iJ"'^ <''"' "I^^ncul. hfttT or.^ 4o-^ niige oponmirs m the wood- iirr.fliin;nr.. ., • "&''*'"* —J- -n-.. pa^-iiiu-age. - " P"^'^'i^<^^'»S very good grass for 44 |i The tI^S?S.5^;^i;^^ corner thoroot, Inul n,rn.. flu i..; 'to V;'"' ''"''''' !'"""'«'' '''^ "orthH>a«t poeo.. ^ <>• ^-Coul..„,s i..,tn.,l>c.,anai..i,,x v.-ollaclapt.i.! (o agricultural pur- Toicnship Xo V Th cl'-o'^v 1 i sliffhtlyo'i ihc western ^id(^tl^V,,M^^o.K''^'% ''in''., a '"'^''>' ''^'"^ ■''""• ""''"lating able tract of wot l,-,n,I wlu • h -o 'i ^ ,'""' '^l y*' -'* '^V'' •^^- ^I^''«''0 i« a considoa? toll rank gras.. Thorcn'ri u' iu o ,;o 1 • nTl '"! "".'"""'' ?'r'^^'' "" »l"-»d.''"oe of and muchdamaire.l by lire- t ir,.nm ^ "'i'otou-.i,,!,,, ,,,,„- i!,;u in of inferior ;r,owth, tamaraconSeriionsiWOa/i'ia "'™i^*^^^'^' ^''"-'"r ol' poplar and willow, wi^h 8ome bounSyt^;.rJ^tcfir;^tcrSlSr ^-^^^ the north lovel wet land,- hroken oec^J.-o • I 1 1 ' , """'.'^:- ^" ^■'''' ^'"'"•' '« «''^er bog or «>«tb-wo.st corner there is I o '';,'' 'T 1 '•■ .Y'""^', ?'" l*^!^'-'"' ''^'M^^- ^" ^^^e four or five RoeUons„n!itf,'p,.*IJl!;' "' ^'""'^^^' '"'"'' ^^'hich renders Home Its intoi-.eeti„n with the WiniiiiH-'-ri 1 o'.^-'p'.- .T^ ''"iinda.y of the township at loam prairie land, ruuuin,. a >tV; no^^ lo ,• ' " '" !'''"^ '" '" -''^'^ "'•^•^' '''"^ ea8tboumlary.andrunn;<;o.,|,,;;,/',^;'^;; ; .^ ,;' ^''^; " "^■^ .nontioncHi road to the across the town.hip at uiuch no; t i' T; , '" •''■""U oi^wthird of the distance of the township. ^ ^ '^ '^ "'^'^^ '^"^ ""J extends to the south boundary 2'owns/iip Xo. f>.~Thc ' nfiu; ■ * i eporsoclwithislandsofnoph ;Sh If nV ''"r!'' '?.,A«"«''"lb' level prairio, intei:- hay which, with a sm'dl'; noua oM ;^^^^^ H' «->d ^or land. ""^ tiiaina^e, could bo made tirsl-class farming gonorally wooded with Sa a "Fn ''\K '" ^'«'^'^^^' '^"'' ^'^ soil a deep rich loam well mixe 1 iMth cl'tv ' '' ^'""'^ ""'^ ^ood, and the largo portion of hay land w'.ich li! . , I ' ' Vi'""'!''''}' '' "''? '''"'' '^^^^ F''^!'-i'-'. ^it^ a of poplar ti.nber in^h: s, u ' L e /nu 'r k^ T "'^' r?"^'^" J''^'" =''« -"^^ ^'^ovos loam well n.ixe I with clav. ^ ^'"^ t*^'^'''^'"P- The soil is a deep rich fine ^n'ol^^l^li^Iirj^^ ^^ ^'-"-^ P-PO^o^, furnishing north-east and north-west (he w'lte • omJ; • • ." l'""^"^/-»''>o '"H a-'d outlet to the Township Xo. 12 — T'm «nM .^ r.p •„ ^ i ■township, whe;-o it is inflv^o. T'?' tmt "'' q"il'ty excepting in the centre of the ghleea inche. in diam.^: and ^ ", c t^m';:'^ •'"• ':Y^' '"'^''^•■' ^•"'" ^^^'^^'^'^ *<> fiiODH. ' ' " • P- "^ ^ •'''•' tam.irack m the swamj)s of similar dimou- ^^t^y^^S:^^^:^^ Ja^;: ll^;^!;/^'^"''^^'- '^'^^^'-'^ •J'«=-o^=-<' numerous • banks ^ l^'Sill^ftS^V ';,";;;;- ;|n;l l .n.t of ;ny .rent sl.o. oxcop.ng along th« creek is suppliol bv sp^n.^MlI-'f .;!;'?',/'!•, T" ''^' '' ^^ 'y^^^ ' with scrub. °Tho nor much IVo.en in winte;.: Ti.e w.t.c:- i , u^ '„; ■ "Z'\ ''"'''•' "^'^•"^'•^''T1" «»mmoi- beved with 4lar. ^hi^^r^^^li:™?;: ^ .j;--^ ;^;^- are heavily ti.. 45 n very inlbrior soil, iiflynfindy, /;fravolly in.-iiitin-^ of largo '.< flows through tho igl) tho uorthH>a«t vo. agricultural pur- y soil, umhilating bore is a considoj-- iin abiinclaiioe of ofiiifbi-iorgrowth, willow, with some !? from the north nt, is cither bog or ir ridgoy. In the hich renders some ■ tho township at I'clt ofgoo*.! day ioiiwi i'oad to tho ird ol'the distance 10 south boundary el prairie, intec- m land, good ibv •sl-class farming l*i'om oiiHt to west, height, and are i good, and the ;1 pi-airie, with a are some groves 1 is a deep rich OSes, furnishing y moadow land, iiid outlet to the Though springs principal wild centre of tho from twelve to ifsiniilardimeu- reare numerous )'ing along the iih scrub. The •dry in summoi" ro heavily tim- I 0. doptJ^^ '^'^ ''* ^^"^ ""'"^ ^^'^^'' ""'^ '^'*^'' *^"" ^ obtained by sinking wells to no greot Range VI — Kast. ^r.S'^'T^'^, ^1-- ^;~^" r^^''^'^' '''^'^ ''^"'^' ^'^'<'">' P-n'^!*-'. i»tH.,ih.,>unlhc prairie, and a. ulHcicnfHupplv 01 umixtr tor liioi and ♦arming ])ur|)o..i(.-. ' ' - ,^J^"f'-'^'P.,^''-'-^--\''^^-^^^'^"^\\y low and iovel. Tl.« southern i.art is wet. with mTtu. il Th'^^^^ 1^ ami . iHM-e are largo upcMiingsia the woo.Is atlWivling tinei.ay and Creek flows a.Tos. tho centre of th„ township, sn|.piviMg -ood dear water Tho bod of the Hlream is gravely and iis b.nks are 'kinJl by ^dllow bru.s],. ' ^' /o!mAv>3o. l.-Ihefirsland stvond lirrs of .odious are w.^ll Avooded with 3h*w';';^'''\'"'' "'.\^*.^I^''"^'^- '1''-^ -^i' i^ "''i-'ly a light clav loam. ex,>op tn 1 « HOUth-wos. where it is stony and gravelly, and ehietily covered MJth younc de d mplar and w, low The oast braneh of R.,t\'reok runs liiauonally a-nk X^own- ;l^^ei?wi:l'itm;poX^ there awesome tine bottom Ian.' ^^^; ^--'^ " «'^t 'evfl Hurfaee, u,ta!h unfit for farming puri>OHes, the and alternating from a marsh to a coarse, san.iy. Mony soil. The wood which ^oer ite surface are ofa very inferior kind. In a few pi.ee,, however, a few o-ood t?oe. can bo found large enough to b<* used in the ens. ruction r,f buildings. In general the timber consists of aspen and elm. spruce aid tamarack *' grouKVSSnl,'"'' "'" '" '"''"'■ ^•""'' "" '""■ ^'"' '""""'"''' '''''''■ "" ^^- 7'oj«|5/»> .Yo, O.-ls nearly all bush. At ,.no time it has been very heavily lim- bered with large poplar, but the only large timber which has escaped the tire consists of groves of tamarack, tit ibr building purp.,se.. The dud' part ofthe busl irs,, all poplar and willow underbrush. The'^hlnd'is of p.H.r q.talit; 'withl i^g itface he tior of sections is covered with largo boulders and quite unt t lor .-3ftlement. The soil 18 light and generally mixe:l with san.l and gravel «,.«;. .S^'"#"^\?'~'^'"' ^'''° ""'it''^^'-" ^i^^'^^ ol" this township are chiefly l«vel prairie. The southern part is undulating and inter.socted by guUics or ravines which effectually dram it of all surface water. The beds of these guTlies wl?en n inc/off in summer produce heavy croj.s of hay of superior quality r^...^^V^'''V■' V'""-'' S'?.V 'O't'ii- onsily worked, and well adapted for agricultural pur- poses. The timber is chief y young poplar of a igorous growth though, as is fre queitlV the case, it has l>oen mu.d, .njurel by tire. On pa.'fs of Sections 4. S, 11 and U 'h e i are some tamaracks of good size. . ■ • 'W.u i^. meit oU. ^''."'"''S ^■^'"^•, '^^'-l''"' P'>'-tion suWivided is a l.vel prairie with a deep strong clay sod. Tho only w .o Is are ,-. i'esv small blu.Ts of poplar and willow. ' ^ value ''''' !'•''" '*^*^"' ^^^^-n^J^ip '« composed of marsh and burnt swamp of no l,•n.,.^^^^''''"'.■^?'^ ''^"'"*u' ''''"''"^' ''"""*■■' •" •■'* "'^ "^^'■•^' ^^''11 iuerage about one hundred inks wide, and from e.ght to ton foot deep, without any i,cr(^>ptible current It becomes lost in a great mardi ' ,^-^^inim.. Lxuiem. n TmnishipXo 0.—Uchu-.\s 'evd prairie with a large portion of hay land on the unfit for cultivauon, a part of which could not be surveyed ' waJ1nSS^f^.!S;'!^J'^;''°^ the Houth-west- .orner ot the township, the Tho soil is gonorally a rich doop clay loum. m Th^ -I .<- "''''^^'^"alai'ge quantity of hav «dfoH^„,,,ri,„ ,„,,,,,,',;;;; '""""I'M.." u„v„,,e,l b,. ,„„„er„„» ,,„,„., „,,,„, „„ . '' ''■""• '^'''''e clay and ftiand. Toirnship iVo,s-. 5 cmc/ ♦; Th,. . -i ... , go quantity of hay eai-coly any wood 'J', HI which most V t\ro-t!iinl«; the |)lacfs Ktr>ny, and niai-shy niejulow, "iiy it producefj. I iilJpoars to bo a (Iminn; mont of ir. -'■•^ »nd niai-Hhes, V voiy exloii.sivo lio to\v?iHhip it, nviiship, one of :h Avater during Uoji.s numbered ill iiiidniimiTiei. ps aio heavily ■') ftN is shewn at some former id heavy wind- ids, wliieh are ableqiiantiliofl ' it would, by k'Ol-y d.^ep. liiH Mention of g and covered <^- There are larshos. The an oxtonsive • of the best ' and Mand. hh-d of town- maiNh (two > township in i-^ M'.por'ior. ,i,'fib;indanco >laccri build- ,' ^o'Jlemcnt '^pi'uco and ^v if fit for '•allyHandv. 4t ^^jiciu^ht,.. T.e K.,.i.h i!ivcr,iow.^!-rt :t,;tr;vV;;^' j^t c^ boin/!!^'ti;. to alsi^l;™:;!;; 'r,i;s fr ' *t-^'"^'^'"'""- '^^'^ ^'-^er princpal kinds of ti.nl.or .-uc .U> 'o i. i hm •, ,7 "'rn!""-' ''''>' valuable. The and water in all ,hc bro,,!;. ;. L.'hI •* ' '"''''"'■• -^''^ ^"'•'''^•^' '''^ '"ululating, 7o.oM^> .^^,. i;{._'jv, ,. ,^ ' " N H^- All the .Teek-s Kupply :,,o.l water, ticvily ;iud.e,v,i with nopla... s,,n ee m ',""?''; "'^' ^^-^"^tcrlv part i« for.sottJement. ' ' "' "'" '"^ '""'^"mo ,uk and elm. -Afost of thcland is tit woods'' fc'ri^ti;;;?^!;ncr;^ri''!r.S ^vilh stnall pitch pine and burnt mmnder of the township is bunu vu i . ""'' ''-"^•"'V'^" Vnvi>o.o. The re- ^'' S;^rt ^1^" ^' ^7-' '•^^ '-^'- :;>::5t;a5r^'' "'■^^•^•"- -^ p«p^- with burntZ,;^ ;^ '^; 71 e'iS;;^;:;;' [ :;•: ^i^'-''^ T'^y '-"^ --' v or swampy ' "" ^'■^'■'I'lloJit quality, thickly easterly part of the t.nvnsbi,,, wncro ll,e wooded w.thf.^>o oak. pi,H^;oplar and a . lou-nshtp :^Q. i(;.__i.\„. ,f, . .vi-.-it ..• runnin;x from north to «o,,th. womhvl w tl,''!i,'ni'"''''T'' 'm '"' clcvate> "^^ "^^ l'>l^o, ,s generally sM'timpy, covered with RAVfJK VI n— East. «nd;s*^Tte;i^7i;,::™r,,j:;:;-^';":'.^,,»;rs; """ "'» '^'" -- ««"' - tamarack tit for lumber. The soil is tVk.si l J f f""" «"''"''^« ''^' ^P»'"ce and The Eiviore La Heine, which flow , hr uS hi? u^n ?' ""• ^ r""^^^'' ^^''^'^ '^ ^''^^^' "^-«mi'> t'mbotMf it was^clcMvtxHl iVotn bm..l '. ^ ^ownslup, ,s large et.ough to carry doL Hwamps and stony ii^l. buri.rweirNnliS^^ ""^^ ^'''' ^'»'''^-'^^'"n> being composed of fownshn M. 10 — h cbictlv l.^t- ti i i ^''"^0 • . . ^o«'«s/**>Au 11.— Is unfit for settlement Tl,nv,- • , ■ , jumper The Broken Head liivor flows thw.W.L^Tn;' '''''' '""'^"^' '' "I'™^'« """^ On Us banks there arc fine groves oi^lXlwood^ '' '•''''^'" I"'"'* "f the towaship. timber .u ^. rexnai^dor of the townahip lx,iug ^^ ^r^nlS/and ^;>;iW''"'^- '^'^« 4a I! ii of heavy ,K,,,lai- ' ' ' "'^ '^'^ "''^ "^™"'1'h and hay land, with a largo extent a nanJw'^i, :,,^!^ ; ^m ^XSli:!'' 7^'" tnnlarack. and willow,, oxcopt wliore Hm.soII is,:.ood,andn.SsimLo^^^^ '^^'^ "? ^'^ 'chains in dopt?, y-./o*s/»)> .V,; l(;.lTho oa"te V , -^ " 'P''"''^ "'»" ""^ pop!'"-- remainder is'lin.lu.r.Hl wl Im i no ■ ^r utl k ''^ ■''''[^' ''''T™^"'^ ""'' ^^''"o^^^. The fuco is rolling.. The .oil ' rw^H^ ''"''='' 1^*^!^ '"'' '^"'^ ^^iHo"'- Tho sur! culty in obtaining wu,.r in any^arl'ot^lirtownlhr '" ''" "" '" "' '''®- Block Outline Survey of TowNsnrPs T a a^„s n -r. <^on2yyJ::.t:tt:^:!^^^^^ unimportant patches tho whole -bare <,ranito knolls and ooL^l^TT^^'^'^^JZ'^ Hjore of Lako Superior remains of a onco ma-nifieent for •. a,-o thn ?' • • 'V 'u'"' ^''"^» "™ber, the prominent point, however, on the tli -i ba ' li ,P';'"^'P^' '^haractenatics. From a level eo,n,try, with green timlK^'w di cSnablo iC^I • ^""^'"^ ^^ «'"' ^^ °««t, a eye co.iM i-i.ach. ' "'^^^^-inable, stretching we.stward a^s far an tho west^n;ri^'s:.;;,!;'?>,j;:jt J';.S^;'^^^^^ ^-v™"" j^'"«^--« ^^ the sonth. of the Woo.i.s, there is no m^A- a o limber • monf ih^''" r" ''^''""' ^"''' '"'^' I^'^ko 8we})t by fire. vimoor, .ilmont tho entire country having beoa in -mrpSls'onerntU'Scol^ ^^-'^ty to fifty foot, and only thvee fe.t in two rapids of eightcif inches ead. " '^^ "^ "^' ^^"'^^'^ '« pyrites.^"'"'"""^"""^"'^^ ^-^'i^o and ..late with carbonate of copper and iron Range I— Wj-t of the Principal Meridian. HettleSnf '^ ^^'' '-^^^^ ^^""^^"1^ ^ '^^'^^ P-"-; «oil, black loam, and ie all fit for .s higher, and has a gentle slope to the soj '"' ^''^^^ clay loam, and the land loam. The.iuuth hal.'i.s nl"wi^ 'lo^t^"^^^^^^^ bigh and'dry with clay <"• lakes in the township, and tl! ...;/';;;, Vh ■*V'''*P""g- , There are no streams completely eviinoratodly July. ' ''^'"'^ accumulates in the spring is I\mnsh!p Xo. 5.— Is clear o lor agricultural purposes. somJ!;har;!:.g;r.3^toiti;;::"^i;;:;;f^i:'';lj^- r- ^r''^ 'i *«---^« ^he north it is township. ^ ""^- -^^"^''' ^'^ '"^ ''"il^'^i- of any description in the whole loan J'rfi^ ^i^^l;;'^;; < K;S^:;rS;;''' ■ t.'^'r f ^V" "^-^ places a day teen or twenty feet hilh, it i's a^tin h^ny day"' '''' ^"^''^ of which are someeigh". This township is entirely destituto of timbi-. • open prairie, with a linedayloam soil. Itis well fitted 'L* 4* copting on the blunder of tho a largo extent illows, oxcopt ains iu depth, iplar. M- in tamarack neter. villows. The ow. Tho 8ur- is no diffi- AND 21 East, ! "Woods. 33 tho whole iako Superior timbci', the ics. Fiom a nd 19 oast, a ■■* far aw tho at the Bouth- co and Lake having beoa \y foot, and whoro the le WoodH is per and iron is all fit for 7y clay soil, md the land wild fowl. with clay I no streams 10 spring is I well fitted north it is the whole ices a clay some eigh- 'L* ,. . , , , . , On tho west of tho Riviore \u^Tr r ,u' «• V"J^ ''^' ^^" ^^'•"''t Hay Marsh, which . lies do BoiH Irom the Rividre aux Grat.as. Towmhip No Y.— This township is watered and drained by the east branch of f},A A large proportiorj of tho land is high No. 1 prairie aux Gratias tho township skii-ts and takes in a port of" divides tho Rivi^io aux lies do Bois from tho Riv This township i:. oiiliroly destitiUo of timl)or. vatio^S'Sian^i^.l^tnd^^^"^'"'"^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^■^■ of seoL^Zyt :"'''' ''""'^" ""''"' ''"'■'^-■^'^' ""^ '^^'"^^^ '^^ ««^-t!-oast angle ■ tolera'i;iy;dTwo.d:r"""""^' ""^'^'' '" '' "" ^^^^^^^ ^^^ «— '• It« banks are The soil is very rich being an aliu::;yd^pJ:;;^Jf,^^^ ^4^^^:^ll:tX ^i^elr t^i.r ' '- '-'y '^ «^-- ?n'inany slopiiSrS slutJ^a^d^stt^rt'^^P '' "" ^P^" ^-'' ^™' ^^'^^ ^^« ^-'l Sontly poses '""'^ '" '^"'^ ''"^' '''''"'' '''''^' '''"P ''"^ "''^' ^"-^ ^^^' adapted to farming pur- No stones are to be seen, and no timber grows on the part surveyed Tho town ship 18 very dry, there being scarcely any wet land, and veiv little havhn»l 'i^Z ai-o no running streams of water, but tho?e is no difficulV h7get" n^^^^^^^ The water is good and free from any brackish tasto ^ ^ 'life'g"'^- townSfplsTrge'Zl'jJor™^"' ^'^ ^""^ ^" '^"'^ "^'^^ *^« "^^^^^^ "-'* of the great^iy "" ''""^"« '''''""' '' ^^^«^' ^"^ ^-'^tor ''^^ be had by digging, at no purpost.'"^' '' ^'"^^ "'•'' ^«'"S '^'^^•k «l'^y 'o«m. and is well adapted for agricultural Township iVb 13.-The south and west parts of this townshin are iDi-airio Thn Eush' "tS lm;:Sfsl;t.l;n^"^'.'"'^ Fii. has?un through tho^S^Jip" f ^1 i' of U slightly stoiy! ^ ^ ^ '^"'"^'^^ '''^'"^ ^^'^ groves' of wood occur. It The prairie is full of hay marshes, but in places dry ridges are to be found On sectionl a ndgo of limestone exists about halfK mile in circumfeicnco • he Toit'^ri?" P' ^'-"^'^ ^™^ " ''';^' '^""'"''''y of first-ela^'li^io ' '" i ounaAi;? iVo. 14.-Consists of groves of poplar, and glades of prairie The nrairio and bush are about eoually divided. A largo\,irtion of the latter has been kH^f by tim. nr'Zo^L'! tP' """? ^^ '''T"'?^? 'l^^'I'^y ' "" g^'^^«l "^fe'« «-^tends along the northern tier ol sections, the soil in which is light and sandy iv-iiunutm to tht\^tl rTnn^f J^° 'i'^-*'"' *.''' ""/^ '' 'i^^'^^- ^^'«'"" ^^^O"*- one n"lo south of the rid^e to the iJaso Lino the soil is of good quality. "ji^ iiu^o Good water can bo obtained by digging wells Tou-mhipM. 15.— About two-thiiUs ol" this' township are good land for sotilfl Li the vicinity ofShoal Lake a few stonvridfrp« nv» io ho r^-* ^x■Hy "'< -. u^ montioned^s of slightly brackish water, but not l^ow'^'to bo unwholesome. ^" ''^" IS I'O 60 loH, sh>. ,Vo\u.~'l]n^ ^.roator pari .,f .his (on'.ml.i,, i« suiUsl lor Hottlornont. Tlio .mrllH.rn ,K.rt,r.,H aro nv.ro or l.y.s thiHcly woodo.l will, poplar. Tl.o «mallnoHH 01 tho iroos n.oL will, iv.tvwU ihoir use, for ll.o pro.ont, to loMriL «n,l luol hioiiy paU-hos or rid^'cs occur in a low place-* «», J'TI'f^' '^''' V'~/c'""",'''. ' ''"•'' ■^^'•l^'""'"'^ l'"vin- with tho cx-ccptio,, of u few uiurfud '''''"'''''"''*"''''"'''' "'^^ Nnp])lio.l with wood for foucing Tlio Hurfmc is undulating; in nonio of tho low grounds hay marshes occur. Ra.voe II — West. i„ „,Mn"'f '"^' ^^°- -•-'l''''^ township is ].raii-io. Soil good. Siirfnoo water to bo hml .V, /'J;"''''^^';> ^^^^; ;l-~l'"''-^ ^ 111 tho north-eastern and north- land, li.o west part ol tho township is high, with a rich clav loam, and is well land '"frVo.ln' U.lg T ^'"' "' '''" '"""'''^' ""'" ''^ " ""' '^^^'^^ '^^'^^"^'•' "'i'^' ««"'^' '"'«'' is lo J^rriT^ ^T/' ■^—'^''.''^, ^-^«-"^>';i.' i- ;vl,oliy prairie. The northern tier of sections in low and flat, the reniamd.M- is rolling land with rich clay loam Iheie IS no running water in the township. 7V«7iiA/> i\v. 5.-ls prairio lan.l, well adapted for agricultural purposes. Tho and thioughoul IS very level. There heing i.o'gullies to'lrain tho suriuco waiter it gathers in Ioav places which make good hay land. Theie is no tiinhei- in this township for fencing, building, or fuel. Tho land IS clear of stones. Tom-nsirp iVo. (J.-Ls a clear open j)raii-ie of very good quality, and well adai^tod for agricultural purposes. Tho soit is a l.laclc moukl uMth a day ov loamy clay l.d.- ulc westward'.' "" '"" '" " ^"""■^'''l^' *"« "^''"•^'«t bush being some thVoo miles to Township Xo 7.-About two-thirds of this township is occupied by tho great hav a:-sh o ver wh-ch the watejs of ,hc I{ivi6re aux lies L I]ois inust j.ass in^spHng to this maivh '"^ ''^''^''"''^''''^ ^y ^''^^ ■'^'■^'"^«' «"-^ <^^'™ti'i'S which may be said to take it^s rise in drivJ^vm:T..!v\M''^ 'P*"^' ''''"r' "'■" "^' ''''"'' l^'""''''-^ ^''"' «"*l oxen Iiave been clmeii A\ilh Ive.u.) loads m every .hrection over the marsh without difficulty. feet i^!' hdglrj^Sl Swn'" '"'"" " "" ''"" ^'■""'' ^'"''"^ ^'"" '''-' '' '^-^ Ifa channel weio cut for the water from where the IJiviere aux lies do Eois enters the marsh to ..lo Hivioro auxGratias, these lands would become sufficiently dry lor ail ])iir]5oso;'. •' •' la the ^outii-wost angle oftliis townshii). t],ere is ma..-.hes of any cusequence ai'o in the southern part of tho township and they are suri-ounded by good hay laud. ^"wu.miii., The chief timber is oak,elm and poplar. It is of poor quality, being short and scrubby The greater part of the woods is on the Rivir Sale, running Throuih the SrS'Lif good. '""""^' " '' -uth-easterly direction. The watel- iu thetlrel^ 61 1 I'oi' H(«t,tlo(iiont. Tlio HinallnoMs 1(1 liiol. ccoptioii of u f'ow p'Dod Ibi- loucing lies occur. water to bo hiul item and iiortli- i.s exccllont liny mil. and is well r, witligood lugli 1 tier of Koctions purpnscs. The burliice wutor it fid well adapted oainy cia^' huIi- tiiroo milcrt (o )y the groal hay )a.s8 in .spring lo to take its i isn in oxen Iiave been fficulty. oni two to five IX lies do Eois luifficiontiy diy )iit oiglit square 11. eve), aiidiilai'o-c tei- ]>ai't of tlio u\\ and crui'ked t, with lew cx- ig of a cont-idor- id is generally •f tlie town.shiji, sing nhort and 'j; tlirough the ;r iu the btream rwnsA//) JVfl. 10.— The soil in oxcallont. being an alluvial dono«if, overlaviii" -i ""b.smlotelnv, valuable for growing either grass or grain. " A branch of the Ilivcr S;d« Hows (liroiigh one coiner of the township, watorin<' welvo quarter .sections. Tin. water is good. There is oaic and poplar along therivor but not in suUlcient <|iiaiitities (o supply ija' whole township. ■''/'^Wi'y' ^V<>. 11.— The >.)il ill this t<.wiiship is well adapted for a.'riculture. it being for the mo.st part clay h.Hin. The land gently slopes I.) the north and north- Tlioro are a few poplar groves, l)ut these are not of any extent, and the timber is very nnnul. r on^i'i"™ ^^'^ "l"'" "■ '''"' '"'•>' •'^^^'"'"1"^ yii'lding good gra.ss. On hections 19 and i)art 01 ^0 there IS a large gravel ridge, whi.-ii will 1,0 of great value for road inakiiij, its there are no other gravel ridges ne;ir it. The lidge is .leep, and tho giuivel is o|Vo,^d quality. Ihere nie no streams ; but water can he ea.^ily found Uy di.r,rino-, ' lowmhip No. 12.— The .v>il in ihis towushii. is dark clay loain, very rhdi, and well adapteil lor agriculture. Tlie surface is very uniform gently sloping to the south and south-east. ■ "to A fow hay swamps arc to bo found but of no groat size. There is an entire abKenco ol timber, and norunnitig water. Township M> i:5._TliiH is n prairie township ; the soil is good, and dotted with nay marslios Ihero are a low groves of poplar on sections 21, 20 and 10. Section ^1 18 half covered with wood. Township No. 14.— This township is well fitted for settlement. The land is of the DeHtquality.aiidalong the western portion of the townshij) is covered with large poplar.s suitable for building purposes. A line ridge crosses the two northein tior of sections, elevated about twenty ieet abovo the surrounding country to the .south and Bloping gradually to the north. Anywhere along the ridge a good supi.lv of water can be obtained a few feet from the surface. ^ h iii Toumhip Xo. 1.5.— On the south side of Shoal Lake is all fit for .settlement, bcin" good land, partially wo.xleil with a growth of poplar serviceable for fencing and fueT and some oak ol a size suitable for building. A \:p^o. 17. -Adjoins the we.toi'ii .shore of Shoal Lake, is adaitfcd tor settle- ment ha.s a black loam soil, is mixed wood and prairie. There me exteu.sive hay meadows along the borders of the lake. "^ IUnqe III — "West. Township No. 2.— Thio townsliip is level prairie. Soil, black lonm. Township No. ;i— Is entirely open prairie, ail which, with the exception of a sma 1 muskeg on the west side, is excellent. aral)le land, free from stones. A small creek of good water crosses the townshi|) and there are a few water-runs. Township No. 4.— Consists of open fertile jirairie. The northei'n ])art is level, the centre low, and the southern portion good and undulating. In addition to the few water-runs, Avhich wore Ibun-l quite dry, a small creek of good water winds its cour.se through tne northern ])ortion o'f the townshiji. The.-^e water-vans, t'iou,,/>{l> No. 12.— This is a small fractional township of dry prairie. i'l''>iftil>Ao. 1.1— About throc-lourths of this township is good arable prairie Lake! As8innibo.no, and dose to it arc the extensive meadows of Long l>l«nly of good fencing and building timber may bo found nlongtbo ridges which cross northern part of the townshij>. North of these rid^^^e.-* th- ind iJom's gravelly and stony, and is tit only fur grazing ,.urpMfies. ' »ocom.,s ^'''V^v/ty>.Yo. 11.— IsofintcM-iorsuil tl.rou-bout, but more especially alonir tho east and south limits, where there is a heavy gravel ridge like the Veach c-lan nncien? !ot:ni;.:veny';nd'si;,^- '' ^' ""^ '"^■^ *'"^ '""^' ^^ '"^^ ""'^ -"'"P^' "^ -'^i^- build!;irHiX;1Si'5hf ;;;t^Sr ^"'" '"""^'"'^ *''" ^^^^'"^'">^' and some good Ahon^eo'f "''','' ^•'•■""^''*' '""•' ,i^''l'i«^fly nch loam, broken only by a few swamps. About OM.- ,•„(', ,,:,r. . oj, en prairie. The renniinder is covero.1 pa.lly by good trreen timber a>d pav.'y i,v young bushes of popk,,- and willows. The I est timber r on e of vdnob .n.y ^e u el tor erecting buildi.! J,) stands in the northori. liut a? tlu^ town- ship. The ..oufhei'n part is thickly wood.vl with .mall poplar. ^ line 58 tvonty-ono, and throughout the nHhip, whoro a ui''h Hupply. V the i^'roiit hay ho Rivitiro uux [mrtH, ftiid parti- IM. OHpocinlly that •out ton wpiuro townnhip. I by tho great •ohigh, Hiightly ', and the hay id Holid praiiiu 1 horo and thoro I poplarH. TIio m prairio, with nol from throo bet above tho ) in grown up being found in on both banks m for agricul- creek running rush and wonie ly cut. Soiitli ly swamp with •io. arable prairie, lie north bank JowH of Long ridges which ind bocoiiKin lily along tho h ot'an ancient y, in addition ind some good few swamps, by good green nbcr (sonic of of the town- ToumhipNo. 10-Ih nil good farming land, unduloting prairio, with scattorcd groves ot poplar of modorato siao. '^ ' ' ^tuiarca Adjoins the wostinn shoro of Sliofil f^iKo. -nil IT.?(^'^"^"" f^T^;! well Huitc-d for Hcttlcnu.Mt; has an undulating surfaeo. gwxl Jtrof- n"o'g3l:' '""'"■ '" ""'' '""•"« '"•' ^"•'' ''"''^^'''^ - --"dniire llaa no Htreums, but water can bo obtained by digging. Banoi IV— West. iHlnu&S S ^u ?"' /*^^^""''MV'" '«^'«' ,1"'"!"«! ^"'■'. •''"'■I< loam. Two Hmall luinnasol oak and black ash woods lioncar tho centre 72.h.;r-^^ 'ind jioplar lies in portion! ■" ^ '■ ^'''" ''■"'-''''' "*■ "'"•'-'"""^ "■'"'"• "•"^•"'•^" '•'« woodod tLrJ^n^lf^** f'"?'"'"". '"*' ^V"t.O'-'-«"« in other parts. By .ligging to the depth of throe or four foot, abundance of water can bo oblnined. "^ '"'" *^ "''"" "' ProvinT'^.n'.V"''"'^.^'"' '''''' /'';*'" V"''"'- """ "'' *''° <'"^'^t townships in tho with clav subsoil T)",!^' 'ilterna.oly love and undulating, and tho soil a rich loam wiin Clay subsoil. Uicrc are a groat niimbor ofwator-runs, wiiich aio dry durii.Lr tho rer:;i>ur fetr "'''^'^ "*' ^''"' '''' ''° "'''"■""' ^y^^^^-^ to -iho doSh ::;• nn.-fJlT.'?*'?^""/^'"^",^?*"' '""''• '^'*'' **'° «xcoi)tion of Homo l.BOn acres in tho northr-oaHlerly portion of the township, which is swampy. ^y.uilT'H*^ ■ ^"".='* ''.""1 " ''"*^'"« "^'*""" «'' g"«i water, along tho banks of which thero ,s some ( ino timber, such as oak, ash, maplo and elm. lowmhp No. 0.— I'.vory lot in this township is tit tor t.ettlomont. The soil is a Z^ur/t . •* T" '',"'«'■'>'"•- ^^''^'" ^-'"y- 1^''« »'»>'"" Hivorflows aero" the ZoJaS^H^''''"^"^'''"'^^^^ 'V ''='"'" "'•«"'^'>»* -"''>''0'-b- .li.-oetion iVon, .Soctilm 28 «t„i?.; r ■ '1 Hoctions cuntiiinirig wood, ns woll a. nomo or the adiacent prairie lots have l-oon taken up an.l n.oro or loss improvements m.-ide thereon. ' Ve y hne m,ps of wheat, bar oy and o:it. wc:-<, raised here\iuring iho past season ^ J^Z^t^?::ZC^':^'^^±.r^'' •"''- «'■"- '---'''P --0 beautiful undulating prairio, with sandy loain soil. Wood IS within a si «hort distance of every part of the townshii). TK„ ., ^ • 1°""*"''" '"'"''^''" '* "'" ^''■^"*' '^I'^''^"'- ••ovcin- abl.ut seven sections. The marsh is hero very wot and boggy, an.l overgrown witl, rushes, [nsi.mmor cattle roam at liberty over the greater p.irt of it, but il is not satb li.r loa.led carts es,,oc,ally near tho mouth of the Kiviore a.i.^c liesdes B,,is ' hmnshipXo H.—'Y\M surface ..t this t.-wnship is generallv level, or slLditlv rolling. Theso.l s sa„dy loam. wl,i..h allows ,he Mnli.,.,.^va-e.- i^ disa,. .ear o Hv n ^"S'aSdl^S"'^'"""^' ""■'"'''■' '" -''""''^"-"•-l'iva:i..„.anlsl,llie,vnt ^Z 101 luel and (I'lieing is everywlicie cniivenittnt. T>onJrT>'S" ■\'\^— '^^''''-^ townshi,, consists pa:tiy of piairie land and ],a.tlv of poplar bush. A largo i.ortion of ihe iirairie land is of a low marshy ci.araelo.- covered with coarse rank grass, and having in places seattering wiilowJ m.d small l?}Z^t "r f-^''"'- ^''M'-^l-''^'- >i"^''^"' (^vl'i'-l. in found ar Tho >o;,t!Mves, eoZ- .., ToicnshipNo. lO.-A large portion of this township consists of low bottom prairie with tall rich grass and low wet marshes. The high 'prairie is generally of^a fa r quality, and has, in places, scatteri-.g willow., and .4ai poploi-s. " ^ 84 ^,' The towiiHliip IS rnyovHod by a dry channel (noai-tho north boundary) from three to four chains m xyu li, having banks from nix to eight feet high tU bod^.f tl'in channel c.,n«Hts of bhick mud about eighteen inches deep, ar.d is grov-n up wi h ,11 gniHs Clean line sand underlies the mud, in which good dear water can e ol ained Xhis dry channel .s t.mbered on both banks witli oak, poplar, and elm; tL timber however, Juis been destroyed in some places by fire. ^^'J", mo umuei, Toh-mlvp No 11.— This ranks as a second-rate tov ishin. Tlio northern half iq coj..^ed w. h poplar, willow and underbrush ; on the third mile soutrthoro s a heaVy elt «.f poplar aiid oak. SoutH of this the country is more open, and on the Thil-d Correction Line, a large Nvet marsh exists, covere-l with long thick reeds dost.Cl^;;l£';!;:J;;*<;ll,;^'^"^"'««'^ *^^ "-^hem half; it is being rapldly fowaship Xo. y2.—{Soufh-HaIf.)-Thh township is covered with thick nonlnr and rn,' ,'■ ,^ ^'^'^ h^y '"oudowsot uo great extent are intorspers^l. <>,;..J .V'r ""'■•• ^''"■^'^'u'"''"V*"*^'"' northern portion of the township, has boon much thinned for foncng, although a great deal is still standing which is lit for rS I he land in tins half of the township is of soc.md-rato quality io(/visi,;jiyc».13.-A very attractive township for settlement; the soil is excol- ent ,n quality, being a ricli clay loam. Along the ri.lge in ^ho n .rthorn 'art oTtho tmvnship IS plenty of timber for fencing, fuel imd building purponL ^ L nJ Lake '' :S;;^and gS"'^^'^ ^' ^°^' "'"^'•' """ ^"° "^^^^- '-^^« - *h^ -^ni^3-o The sminlt?l'^^:/'^"~r'''''^"' '!^''P^'*'' ^/"' f^'-''^='i"S'^"'^> stock-raising than to farming. Btonor 1 In . K IT T '^""^' T^ ^r'^'^^y ' ^^'' "'"'^h and Avcst avo free from piSrieLWadcr '^^ ^' '^'"' ' '^''"' ''"'" ""^ ^^"'''' ^'^"^'« "^« "^^»y «"« rr.iiy/^A-''i"f '*1^' Hmall poplar, and fit only for fencing purposes. Lake M SXi i l7 ' ^"""^'^'"' * '' T'^'-^"^"^ Francis an arm of ^::iu:^:::^r' '^ ^'''' ''"'■" "'^^-^ --' ''- onjt-x^t &, n.unr'iiK^"- l*^— ,T^'«« to the east of Lake Manitoba and contains the French n lf-E,ced Set lement, known as the Indian Mission. The easterly part is wooded ANith poplar oak and willow, some of which arc good for building purnoses The north-easterly part of the township is marshy. ^ P"i poses, iho The ™-f '/' ^'r //t'^''^' «.'"therly p.nrt as well as the easterly boundary is woodeas8cs through this township. With this cxi.c])oon a iS all jiraine land. '■ T. unslup No. 4.— J:, prairie. There is no limber, but timber for settlement nnr poses could be brought f.om .i,e slo],es of the Pembina Moun.aL, whS trer o^t"^^ Avestern townships of the block in which this township is situated: Jovnslup No. .5.— The .surface of this township is level. Then found . e are a few small - ., -ln« soil is a very rich black loam, the northern part of the township, running from west The scalleic^d Irocs and clump.^ along Tobacco Creek form the only timber to bo patches of hi'y iam! and a lew dry gullies, iobacco Creek jiasses through " to easi. The water is fresli' 58 ivy) from throo riio bod of tliis vn up with tall an ho obtained, [1 ; tho timboi', r)i'thorn half ia horo is a heavy d on tho Third being rapidly lick po])lnr and tivcr Sale and las boon mucli Jr rai'H. Hoil in excol- m pai-t of tiio ■' Lonif Lake " he vicinity aro an to farming. avo free fjom »re many tino As an arm of wnship. Tho iber of poplar Pojjlar Point, ns tho French irt is wooded in-])Oses. Tho iry Ih woodo;*'''"''>'l^, >-\Y«"7'^«'l«l h- .1 belt of mi.xedoak, elm an.l basswood. Mrolching thro^hit on each s.do of the Boyne, with a width of from nvo to twenty chains. ^ agric:[^Uund'L^'" ' '"'' '" "^'^ ^''''''^''^' '' S«"^^''^">- '"^ ^"'^^^ ^^^' ^'^^'l killcJhv f'l!!o^''7"'f "^' "?""'^^' of poplar, the best of which has, m most cases, been oak T,!^i/'f,'-^-~/^'^^ {"^^'^.^■'"^hV-'townshipischielb^ qtn,;i'hS?;rs4^'b;'s;r'^"^^'^^"^^^^"^' ^"^^"^' ^^-^ — i^-bio Tho soil is light and sandy. There are some very good liay marshes. Toii^nship No i).-One-half of this township is suitable for faijming purposes, that abo t a m^Ho'whi ^IIT'T'^ '"'""h''^' ""'^ ^^<^^^-^ "ftho woodhnu:i,Vor\u depth of aXil'lineVJ^n^^^^^ Tho soil hero varies from clay to'saml, ^J^JthT^lu^e f ^'^'^^< "'cnor quality. The other parts of tho township, com! for tho most in tn" Tff^^ T^ south-westerly sections are of no vuluc/lmving 101 tno most part a very light sand}- soil. ..) i f'^^''*'^'" ^'"''I'l'" '''"■*":' "''''"'^ two-thirds of the townslwp, of this, only that part whhhes near the prairie is of any value, tho remainder is very thfck sLrby poplar, mostly dead and only about ton tbet hi, com- wlucriLivn.v.'ln?'"';'™^'''''^'!-?' «^ltivation, but they are valuable for hay, of quality and in (piantitios only suthcient for tho use of settlers. -^ i i ' ^ loamv cl.rndlTv^' nlT '"'^^^ ^'^''''- ^ho soil is a black lo.mn (laj, lull ot vegetable and mineral deposit-^ is of good qinUr,'."' '' """' ^'^'"^'^"' ''''^''" ^'" ^^^^"^^"P, but wliere it can bo found it tho ^^U^'^^:7^' r^l '^"I'^^^l lor settlement. The soil throughout being of t™:? r ' '^/l"> ^bcimber supply along the baidvs of the two rivers which tiavcrso the township. The water of those rivers is not of the best nualitv bu o.xcellent water can bo obtained by digging t(. the depth of six feet. ^ ^' for a^u£f;ulp;;i^""'""''^-'''"^^'^ township number tw 've is excellent ln,ul ^r,?? ^^'''" /^'T'^''"' southern portion of this township i, excellent farming !'S on id,7'' •', ''n ''"''f '' ^^•?'"^" '^'""^^ and. gravelly. The tinibor alon^ Th. iii ^ ' P f" J.'"P','V '"'''/•"''- """^•^li"K abundance of good fencing materiab pm^ms^r *" ^''"'•''^'*'"- ; t'>"'^« ^^i'l pi'ove\iseful fol- building The north-west quarto;- of the townshi]) is very good for agricultural inirpose.. vn,.,, . ^^ *^' "i !, '' ""'•)' "'I'^*''' *'"■ ^''"^''"- "'"1 ^toek raising. The surface is very h ony^ and the water for the most part alkaline. There are extensive me iiowl along the margin of the great marsh. "Aiuusive mtauow* 66 "I AInniSr''f)nTl' ?^'~^" " '-".f f'-"f-'^i«'f • townnlnp lyin^ to tho HOuth-ou.st of Lake J . nitolu. Un tljo ..,u,os oi tho Luke, tJio land is wot and niai-Hhy. Tbo dry lands aro y-ood pminc, boj'dorod by iiav lands. "^ ^ ,n'oXf'^.!l'J\f'' /■^'^T-'''''" '' "'"* '-'. ♦'^"^'' '•>""• Knvnship ea.t of Lake Manitoba. The g catei- pu-ioi wlucli IS an oxten>,ve marsh with laKoonn and lakes. Tho mst of lu^^ township^ o-oud, ,ipj land wdJ adapted for .ou lenient, a mellow, rich Toi with lew stones. The easterly tiers of sections are wooded with oak and poplar Towu&hq-, No. ^'>— The nortiiern part is mostly wooded, part of which has been EaNQE VI — WilST. TomtshipXo. 2.-Ono half of this township is juairie. Soil, black sandv loam Tl.n There is -ood water in a gully which runs across this township. rather" lonf ^-i'^"^"'^" ^" ^ ^^oodland. Tho greater portion^ the township is «isi to i.i,,i. J 1.0 wiilli-wctc™ |,ait IS ivoll >v..crfo.l with l,a»«%vo<)(l, oiik ami elm „ /y-^M'-J' J».o.-Tlie M,ri;.,i.o„|-,hiH towi„l,i,, i, lovcl, or »li.,htlvi,,"li"o toward, llic luvtorc aux llc» Jo liois. Ti.o »il ia II,,; oa,lor„ part !. a tS °a^m I U.« the iwrthorn and western parts, but the growth is small ^^ There IS a large amount of willow brush in the western part loiauihq) Ao. D.-Is not good either for agricultural or lumbering purposes The land5;;S^i^J^?;^;;:r:;l:;!^''^'^^^ «^''^^^'^' -->^ -^ hibernating with low The hills are covered with smalT ])oplar, light bnish and scrubby oak The low Tvw f / • • ;7;^'!",>',' '-' l^"'^'*'i*5"-'il township bounded by the parishes of good soil, but the two westerly tiers of sections require draining The timber k large poplar, oak and elm. It is wate.-ed by a large creek ino timbei is Toicaslvp No.yi.—Thli towusnip is almost entirely an open prairie The soil i^ mos excellent; the surface gently undulates, and owing to thl prox niitv of^l^^^^^^^^^^ " WIS'^";!; "'tP '" ^->"1''^'-' -^^ -,« lofLriko"Manitul <■ oiot of Liiko Manitoba. i.i.'i (^k 1 ii.iiii. 111. lor building- liinbor. '1 ba; iii.s wofxlod ilO sU!-flK'», is Ii.vol juid the rj.i.xoii Vi'i — \v Ziyi'.. Soil, black l(;iaij. ■Al b'>u\ \ m t Oq tbo rcinaiiidci- rhoro ib popbu' wuui ot iirvs-lum-ib.. ui ibio ton-ii..bip ar« uudulatlng prairii imbe •lot tiOClioiis 4 and .5. The a:!Vij biX>U laid oLi' in it. avoragc suio— .say oight inches. Sixty 10 =>ouiluM-ri jnirt. I'orribina Kivor runs tlirou'di K)i!ll busi T- '.'irns.itri ■P suuili-\\-o,t t;..,!Tivr i.s mnrli luokt.u l.v slcophilL^and decpgullioH. ''Msi.ts panlv of i,.aiK... and l-m'tly uftinibm.^ lauds' Tl iwisl p.)rti(,n i.s lui- lb,) hkksi jmiL i.i-ainci, tJ I, im.Nod 111 SOUK. ])lac.w witb ,»uk. Sect llH fJHir of the I'oJuiiiii.i Mnuiii lUlll- OIMU- V] luu.s rusi is c.iyi.ri«l witb poplar aud .iusortbc I'aviucs tl :i iico is ill nuHiiiio- in a suiiili-faslerlv direct] tore 01/ pcf.ntaiiiv good laud, well limbered with "wii-iii|i is nf inferior '•lIlii-oaM nfljir 1 Tl uise are nuiiiv innrsli wl ciin, .-ish, Ti:>rni:hip Xo. C— Is be.'ivilv (in.l 'lel'l' Mild lifiv ;ili,l ma leWllbip, but t id wl .Tim I lite hireji. :r ^\iili oiik am water can l.io iirocurcd. po[.lar. Thoro lere arc some clojiiiiers n leie I-, ii.ji oue >eci The reinbiiia Moiinlai laUo liy recent liros. ure also some ion of prairie land in (In, iTokcn in- i-aviiien it,-, i.i ) us ini(.i-,-.<,.rt it alim.-ii dia;.';oMall\-, and il Th ic i-Ml of the I ■ernli-r oii(-lbird (if ilm ai ov\ II of good w;it..-r i-iiuniiig (b'lu but Im'U siii|. is \\A\ suited li'.i- f-irmii 'eii unlit Jill- settl 7 ld«M-^ may be met wii II"' !).•', il Ih 7' X< ■Tbt Mill Si'.C'-.^ Ill I :l 0CCasioii;l||i ii"S(< iiiouiilainr' le Miriiiee is so much emoiit. here .'iro numeruus crtvlcs fixed rocks ;ii ■0 visible >il .and lii c surtaco ih \er,- mueli broken. Ii inii'Ci- ;ii-e gi-ii..i-;,llv of and inf.-i (,'rcck. ll:e waier'oi 1^ Ir.'ivei-: whie Tou-ii)thip Xv. ()'.— Al IS of an (•,\( 4 l^irj loses ibc J?i loV, ll>l rimlu'i- Tbo Pemb ."Jilt -ixf \' er Aux ll.-sdc I ua Aioimiaii nt quulit\ til •"^evoi-al I or (jiialit-s- and -ii-aueiu 'l"JV.l bacoo iin. .fVol >"i> ami {(.•, irihutiiries •'lino- ji 'iuiiiily ofgooij water per (-cut of this lowiisbip is fit tor a-rieultural is irawrse the southern and Meslern jiortiou.s, and w'lieli i- nio>i||\- Oi lllO Nti-e;ini- I'oiiiar inii Tb iW llu-ou il i>. i b llio iiorlbe.-lv jiiirt 't'lla lowevcr rather ximlv. Tl lint oi heavy gi-ov. tb. e.\cepl on tlie 1 le lanks 'I'o'vxd'j) X'.i. .5.— The soil n a jKii-tion ol'tbo soiui .'iroiigliiiih ihi-i towi ^^■ scarcelv i.iiai In tl i-w,tsl i|U.irl' llii" ipiiirler ihc le nor;b-Wivst ouarl mixeil u i,li oii -I liml ibei- IS In 1 1 -nil II i-. er til. 'iind. I if md-cl.'i- .•i -.-iikIv cla\- and. ex -, .'(lul in suiiK^ pi eejit >~o|| ir, ;.,(ll W h of ilie Me:.| liidl'iind i il-lo !1; places 11 !•, 'iini ji.-i-tly tii-sl class. In 'C oilllijin:'- tiin priiii-niMl|\- )rtip!:i:- in .,0111 Ii inner smi.-ililc i'(\r fin.| l.^vel. in iiniir, anil aiid SM\\-ln,M-s, \v| poi-lioiis of tlio ,.!i>irrn b.-ilfl lelieiiii II le ii\(ii' t\ lere arc rstt-n i ne Mii'iari,. (if III 1\- tl e |ilii(-<'s HoihI |i(irlinii >i\e ll-.-lcl-. (,r Ki wJMilf townsbi 'rnii-tiflop X>. ;t iiitii 10, — .Vro I up IS won bless ualiii' bill- ow ;iml ton s.hij) arc quite until for ,s.,.Mb.||) md the liiulx-r small an. I fit ■>! i\- 1 no .-(■iii only In I- fiK.j jind f, r '/('■/'.; Ill ['I ,\o. 1 (.'Ut I'ClUg , enciim'. ■f a Ti ■aud V a I id leso tow II- f-cction of (ir\- I: l.--bs ri xi-vy -mall traclioiird T, Th 'n^f],:), Xn. 12.— 1 o rei.-iaimi tiiwnslii |> criiuainiiii' K all e.sCr Ci- IS mar.-hy with reeds and nislics aliout I)11C 'iim. with a slight mixture of I lent roliKi Tbi and. The siil-.-oi! g lirairie. The soj] is a fine, rich, lijack t.n\n-bip, (bough well suited liir f IS cjav. icrc Ii(.:iil;- oiiU- h icw (Mum p- 0|'|il>ji|;,|>. Ay ii] irmiiig, is wiihoiii limber of m ow Mini '-ni.'ill 0:1k mn value. 6t Tmru^lvp X„. \?,.~U ;il! laud (.in kiml Miiiod for -ottloiuriit : liar, a rich f;oii and uiulu aliii^' Mirraor. T uvo i < h r- liy a:ir w . > 1 in Hio (>)w:i .iii]), y^vvMA-y, AV 11 — r.iis t.,;v.i.!,;i, l.,.-,l:.iso:i Like Min.iiuSa. It o;i q ,1s of very fine pmino, Ian I ns-o1I vv.ioro I hy .M..-,>;-al ^:^o un * w.iir.'i dist-aa/yo i.uo ihc lalio. I in>iv lo vo,T hide! (iml)O.- in i!ii< town-iiiji. .K\N(iK \'11I— -West. Tuimihip Xo. -.'.—Tho w(Mio-/n mdo of this lowiishiiV is rough prniiic, tho oaslorn •i^eooTiUunsoak .imhornndM-illow' husl,. Soil, Kocoiid ralo. Noarh ouo hall'of tho t^WDsliip 18 (■ovcrc'J M-ith hrimh. TIkmo is no Miiter oxccpt a bniall snrino- crook iu Honti)-('n.st rorner. i o • 7W-/iskip yo. :].—iy>n>-iM^ pai'tl.v ofjaairir. and partiv oftimlorod land. Tho sur- face i.s nndn.aiin- ana tho s,.il is wliat is usuallv .ionominatod -driR.- There are soiiio grov('-( and ridoes d oa;-;. I.ii! iho oro vail inn' (inil or is poi.lar. Phoro is an alanuiant snpj)Iy of watrr at all soason^. 7T)^r/*^/,/> .No. .}.— This (..wnsliip is situatrd to the west of the ]'eiidui,a :>[ouniain. it Jias a ,<;-oo(l soil and is well Miit(-(1 i;-)r -(•iilrineiu. T,MV is a M.ni.dont Mij)]>ly ofwator. Lui that ',>;, ;l,u Mirl;iec is neither pine nor The norlluTi. pan ..fil,,. tnwnshi], i- heavily undK.n.d with oak and poplar. I'ire has d..siroyod a ,^r..u doal of this tinil.T. Tl.^ so,i,h-w..,| p;,rt i- nraVlv all open prmi'";'. ' ■■ ^ Th.Mo arc a imnilvr of marshes whi.diarlV.rd a s,.p;,iv nf hav, Mininent Ibr the wants ol the early ;-i'!tler. There appear to be no iixvd nxdv. and iuii f..w honldoi:- throii-huiU the whole i(Hviisni]). 7W0' .w'. n.-The land is rolling icd hilly, "and in,- ,1k- most par> lhicddv mhel_ed on the oa^t.n, side the ttniher is nroxoellrn, cmaliiv, Thiouo-i, Uie emtfo ihere ,. a he t al|oui one niilo wide lyin- north and sonth, r-vorod will, .lenso snuh, dry ha/o' and willow, with idntls of poplar, Tho soil is ,i;-ood in the sou,lK..n i.oMlon mt to th.. north , is ol mlonor .piality, i, i. however woll suppiiod whh walor whieh JH very i;-ood and tri«sh. " _ township Xo. (;.— The .oil is of very inferior rpialitv. and its siirfae,. so hroken hv vavines ha ,t eonid not ,e eultivatcl. A hraneh of'the J.'iver auv ll.'s ,le iW erosses he .n.vnsh,].. and then- are nevera! smaller streams. Iho water nf all whieh iH ex.'e leiu ,.-nd never failin-. The timher eonsists <.f ],.,j,lar. oak, elm, widle l.iieh, asn and i'Msswood ()„ the sontli east ,,uarter of seetion fourteen. 1 ilnind a small (pianlityot tussil liniestdne. ■/-.»7i.s/H> ..AV< a— The easterly part is timheivd with poi.lar ,,f ^-ood size, suit- will .wr,l"-I 'Z '"■' :'•'""'■ ^''^r''^^'''-^' ?'•■"■* '^ ^•'•^■'^•■«' '^-ill' '^ Ifnek-rowthof dr. ,w.\ i r/ ■ '"'■' " "■'/• ^^ '" '•''' '^ " '''"'"'^ ^•'•■'3- loam, whh-h wiai proper (IraiTiiiii;- will heeome vei V produetive. tol foi 'ii tv m"' ■];,"';.> iJiverAssinmho,n(> traverses this township; it is froiu three ' t V i^n 't, .•-''!" ■■"" " ■'^"1"'''" '""' '" 1'''"'^'^ P'"^' ™^' ■^•'"^1' altogether untit ,nl/ : lo 1 •, r- ",•"'■'■';•'''■'"- ^^''' '"^''^^i" '"' ""• '•'■^■••'- i- a'ood. eonsiMing of lino onU. jiuplar. Avlute lureii and cotton wo.-kI. (>''f JV' ^?- |'?-~J|^^ «-^'' •""> ' '"'e the same as in the ibreiroing township. ..rl-M./.T?.''.' ^'r"''''''','''-"'''''^ ""'^ north-west j.ortious are in gonoral well , 'l '"';.-•• Vr r"' "'"* -l ''"••'^" '"••"">• •"^""■•^'^nd wen timhered with popLu .and oak suli.eiently large t;,r l.iiilding ],m pn.es. The north-east portion in o ;en prniue oerupie.l hy seuiers. The .onth.<.a«t a,id ^o^;h.west j.ortionsare timleml M 1 h s na ! poplar, thiek wIIowh and heavy windfalls. The soil ( Jing light and .andv. J;ut Cieek iiavere. theiM.rih-wesierlv part of the township. Jo>n,»hip X. ll'.-Well ad.a,,te.l lor larmitig. The lan.l slopes ^ladnallv lowari >!■* of very o (ho l;i!io. I'lie, tho oaslorn ) ouo hair of tho I siiring- crook in '1 hind. Tho siir- Tho'c aio «)iiio I'.liiii.'i I\[()uiiiaiii. i.rillsL'r piiio nor mid piiphii'. '/iio ' nearly all open illii'icMt lor s( pun liiickly oii,t!,ii llic oeiUro •iiii donM< srrnl), iunlu'i II poi lion, idi wali'r which itot; so lirokcn by v lies do 15()is, '•r o!' all which ha, while liiioh, . iijiiad !i Mnsdl ;j,'Ood size, suit- Ihirk ;.';rowlh of I'll wiili ])ropL'r it is from threo altogether untit. •nsi>tiiio " Eat Crook." h" T '"';•,"" ""' "* '■ 1"'' '""""• "'1'1^"^' ^^-''i-h. nt variou. de..!!... liel . fc. W0o.|^"'Si'l[i^'''h '';:■'" """M'"'^'-' Vn-'-^'i^i". TirMV i. onlN one ^..„ve ofsn.all oak woo.i .US h... h,.:u.-,.-, .' \v,n. lhirly-:ive and tl,irlv-..ix. i.':;?'^'''"/' -V.'- M— l^^ordors ouLake :\huiIto(ja. and i^ comivosed of beautifnl nruirio rl"^ r'oM '.;;: ^rn'r". ^^^r '' ^ -"-'-•^'•'•^ -•-•^ -J -''-i- or\ow ii:" "" i>OLU tl.o ;.Lth: '' "" ■^''''■'' ^'•■'"^'•''^ •"• ''■•^"^l^-^ ^•^I'^'^'i'.S' i^io.ho lako Tnl,/iw^''^^^^!'V''''^.^V~'^™ *""•■'" ^'■«<'tional townships on the w/"> A'-'- ;>.— !h in ])arllimlwr(!dand part i)rairie, the prevailing timber bein<- poplar and oaw. The surface In many places is broken. It is well watered and wtsv 01 aeces.s at all seasons of the year. There are afew boulders scattered over the surface but no fixed roHc. Aoout one half is well suited for settlement. The f'end.ina I?ivor tlows^tjirough I lie soutli-wesu-rly part of the township. 7''W/'.s/r> .\:,.4.— I:. comj.o.H'd j.arlly of timber land and pnrtlv undtdating oruirie oovnvd in many paces with willows and brush.' The prevailing limi>er is oak and popla.r snfhciemly Iarg.> to sapply building lindi^r and fuel. There are several muske-s mthe northerly pnrtioi, whirli will alloi'd ;i supply ,,f hay. It is well watered bv m-eks flowing u-esterly to the IVnd.ina ]?iver. A good roa.f passing diagonally acrosn 'access at ail seasons of ihe year. The [soil a rich, dark tho tnwnshiji. it is easv alluvial depodi, Tviiii.hip Xo, -,.— The snrf-ice is rolling, One quarter of the townshii) is covered wila popi;,r balm of (Jilcad. and oak. and about .me third of the remainder is si.arscly eovereil wirh jMjplar. burned timber, wintlfalls, A;i'. The qualiiy of the land is excellent, The soil, a very black loam, Iwts an average depth ol two ieet. "^ fiood fi-osh water can be ea.sily obtained in almost every part of tho towushiu by •Ugging totho depth of four feet in tho low-ground. In the vicinity of tho lako^n uovm- hiiiini' springs of eol.l fresh water nro to bo found. At Icaat thirty of tho ihirty^ix soctiniH wii! lualfo i>i0:-t excellent farm <, ' Tuwiv ^7>. I0.--l-<.lov,)l covon^l n Unv ycnrs ntco witli n finoi^MWvtliof mtsliuin ]V)pl!ir. >MiMiow i-A a (ionso wiiuUall grown up with all kiuds ol' l.ni.-h. Xlu) .-..il is a rich urmdy loam. Toir7uvoral snia I stivai.iH. 11,,. ,viu:iiii.|.r is ,-,nri. I wiii, hii.sl, ...f Muall siw. .'liionv iM.pjju- au V.,. I-.'.— Tluv-i-fUl.T ,.:,rt,,r Ihis l..w;idi!i> i"' "i"'"- ■'""•l :• i"""l 'l.-al praino. Ju tl,.. s.^ullioiiy j,a.l ,,lit tliCR- aiv a l.'U- poplar -rovus, l.ut li.,<. liinlnn- i,s small jii Mze. scaiToly any ..f K hvin.-- )ii lor l.aiildin-' puipoM's. A cood .IodI of it .■ould 1,0 uso.l lor f.'iK-iiio-. Ill tlic \\..-si tlifiv aiv inativ willnws ami tljiolc I.ihI, lu tins towiisiii]! ili./i'f aiv a t'ox\- -'.lod hay swamps, Tlio soil, with tJic exception of thai in a low seeiions. is v,.,-\ - I. irin..- ehietlv lilaek clay loam, and is ^^^.1| ^]^^^.,\ f,„. aiii-iciiitme. Water can he easily ..htaiued. except in the nonlieas icHv i.ai-i of tlie to\Ytisbii> wiiere It IS iieeessjirv to iliy fo,. il. ' ' »' T.mnship So K!.— The White Mnd l{i%ei- nms ihn.n-h the n.,rtbern fMiartor of lh(. .ownslop, and ,s hordei-cd on its hanks, at iho .uuth side, with oak chieHv. and .-n Its northen, Hide will. .,ak and puph,,- foiv^t, iniei-spevse.i ^^iii. will,,-,v n;e so,! of the .io:uh side „f the White M.nj IJivei- i-, ,,r a li-ht |,,an,v eharaeter most ol It iscoveitMl wii!, tin.he;-or hni^h. The .n.iih .;,|... exeeplin- ahom i, I,;i!i' mile hack. I. wot. and u iihuiit di-ina-o oan only I'O used i.i a \erv dry soaso,,. ,i'^".i', •^"- I '■—Tins townsliin is well suiuMl tor a;;-neiil(ui'-al p'ui-posos. _ _ I no ItniKor IS ohiefiy .smnil poi.iar. tlirou-'h v, l.ieh fVo.pienl iiie-, have i.assod It i.sinuynei-ai vaiiiaMooidy i;.ri<.ulin^ hMU-v-. and fiivwo^Hi; 1,.„ ,,,w;.rds thi* uoi-lh iliore. IS soiuo jii loi- iuinlmr. T'vr,^.. 1.-..— Lies on tho wosiem shoiv of J/ike .'.[anitoha. A deep mai-sh wit 1 ivoi.s and itishes honio-.-.s tho lake. The roinaihd oiiantitv Tho Ki;i-iiter part oi-(ho ,es, n.'ihe ...un-hip is eoveivl with dead i.oi.iar, interwoven with wdlow hrnsh, tn-elher with nc^asieonl hluifs ,,, j^iven ,.op;ar, In the west there are numerous voi'v hud inusl;eL;'s. 7'i'(n'.v/e> A'". 17. — Is >ii,.ili,i' lu ijje preee'liiii:- (owndii;, In .-..,ii and liniher l"'r,)s/„j, ^.,. \S.~-\ms ,.., the we.slei'lv shore ...f i,ai*'" ''^ '"".lorous rannos. The l.cmbina JJaer trayci>,os il. iho valley is about one niih- and a ,|Uiutor wide The nvor IS n,ni lorty link, to throe chains in width; the depth varvin- iWnn two to ton s^,;v '•;'";'";'"■ ^•■■:', •••■>1^- TUo surluoo Ibr thoKrc.lorVari oftho township IS c.w.Mvd will, l.mbor a.„| I,.,-:,: thoro aro vorv iV-w .oe;i,,-.,s ,,f .-,.)er, pr-iiri- vtli of mtslium Tho Miil is a <'lay Ir>,'iiii. is Jiiiviiig !i ihw n till MS f^ovoral Hy iinplnr jind liu' Uinl;i:n- i» ^'oo'.l (lo!il ot' it olc l.nsli. lu ! cinii,- rliicfly tlie tmA'iisbip, iMi f|ii:>rt('i' ri' llit'fi \ . ;it!(i nil i'tlinui i'. I>;i!r ^CilHOli. [lOSC.S. lO pji- «!(>!. It lis tlin uorlli V ilcop liuirsli ]» h tiiiiLfi't'd ravel. AloiJ^jf '>'• <"-^l»t".'iiillv -Olltllffll iUlll iniitiiy. Tho r woven v.itli ■('St lliirn aiv ill! In' I". 'I'lit^ soil ami li'Tc -i!' Lalii.' blnck lonni • <.)vrusb.ip, bn'' uliitiug-; flivi 'a.-'ilovly part. ; of tho lowii- Sui'voy mad aiiio-. Tho ^^iut.^ Tiie n tivo to ton ho iDunsliip '.liric. »1 _ T.-Wilh tho oxoopfiun of Soolions (I, 1 a,,l \A. tho 1,.,;-I :,. uhiol, IS i-ougii mul broken, this township i,-. oxoollenl for farnun- purpo^os ' ' '' " "'^" A holt ot tr..pi:,:- liinhpr of ;,x.-,.I qualiiy rm.s i,l,.!.-""ih.. '...111,; oasf and north houndaMo. 01 t\,o „wnship. Tho oontrai and wostorn |;>r.iuns a=o\d,;ofl : ;-c , wUh -lonso oalc and wdl-nv sor.tb. In U,o nnrih-oast o.k nor ihcro i-, u Vn^all W k ut Koou Iro.d, v.-a or wilh .ovoral lino .'uld ..vlu^, in i„ l,,nk.. and in ll.o ' tli-vo a doop ravino wu . a crook whioh has its hoa.I nbont Conv n.iies lV.aa tho Po ul i, { : ' two.Uy £t "'"' "' ''-' ^''"'•" '" ^'" "■'^^'"■•■''!' "' ^^ ''^'i'^'' "'• '■•'■'"' -)?■'''' 7Wvi^(A,> .iVTy. fi.--Tho n..;■th-^v.wt portio:, ,.f tlds lownshit) is ,,a:ie l.illv to,. mt.(;hsoi,.roul„va„on oxo.pUn^ vor! snmll portions, a.iiaoo,!, to n n:.koi ' ^h nn >o V nun.orous. Tho rojnainin^ portion of tho township i. m-oH adaplod o n n. in:;, i ao land ,s ro hn;; and tho s,,i! oxooliont. Thoro is oxo.Hon. wal Vr and f r ipiuntity ot wood. This is ahuust onliifiv ])Oph;r. Vnn.:! '"'''' ''''" "r"'''''-'^ '"''•''''^' "^' ''='>■ '''"•'■* K-'owin- an ...yoolkiu ......lilv ..r j.av -Nearly cvory soot mil n.'is one or -..ro ffthoso. ' • '-'u • 7;|*oi6/*r> .Vo, 8.-Tho surlaoo isrollin.i-- with deep ruN inos alon- iIu- v,-at,M' ronrse^ Iho sod is oxoclloni, and ihero is plontr of .i^or.l wai.-r. Tho , ,nh,., , ,J^y)U Hoaroe, aiKlpartofit. h.THhconki!iod [,v lii-,., (|"M'l-".) ''^ l''>rn,hipX,. !),-(VMisisi.. of rvllin- bind timb-v.i ^^hU Miiidl n,vv {\ilbnv -ind H.K orwood w„li nuinorous small nmdr softlomon, 'fho b.n.' ;.• nnlv o( scoond-dass quality, bat tho Hi-ilitios of wood'and walor oo to :b:.t: coi ^ o J moasnro tins drawba-^k. Tho nniin iwdi of tho Sask;nohowan run-, ti.- n'h i, ' Th sn,. ao. p ^.onorally h-vol with small ri.b,os. In V.. s.nth-wo.t ,,:;•„ '7 ;.-.,.; .^]ocnillyabnndanl,andinson,oplaooso!'hn-oi,rowth. Tbo wator ^. ...od I,,' bar f md ,M prooin;abk« ,n noarly ovory .not l,v sinking, a modc.do do.,!,.' "h.^'v ', no ■ b^'I.MVs of rooi;-. but o-:,,,,,,,. I.nildo,-- mav bo soon boro .,nd thor- ' ■{M.p ^o. J^.~Tho .oil and un.b, r ar. tho sa.no a. in tiu. fn-.^oin:, Mwnshi,.. l^'y>s|„p^o.U.— \\u' norib half i. .-, Ian;.. i1.,alino- 1 f;„ '.,,,,1, l..,| • nllhon^.i wot in tho spii,,, is dry in tl.o :.wnn.:or. '^ T^o ^U.^l^.y ■,:\JX ,. :; 1 J-; '•Woaks and oims. Tbowalor in S^jnirud t Vo^k. w^ioh ilon - tl,.,..;--! .i:'', , wostoidy part, isvory ,u,..ul, and liiv lan.l on ii-, h.nd.s [■, f,.-;|,, Jo>'mh!pNo. ]4.-Tbis township otiors ^roai induooinon'.-^ m t!,. s,.,,|or Its .Oil IS )u moM, i,laoo.s a yeiy rioh and .loop blaok n.onid, ro^tin^ on . nnnl Ji!.;!! Jiicro is ploDty ot nmbor !b.- ioncin- and fuol. For bnii.i;; c^ DU -- .^'nod pophtr and oa:c Urnl,or may bo obrainod alon;^ tl.o banks of the ^VJ it; ll A MW^^ lovmh'p ^0 h).—ih(s v.-os'oni pnr; is brokon bv ib.o b:." - ;: . mr-sh Th.^ ;;emaindor i, laad of .ooond-ch.-. o,n!u,y, noar tho iriarsh l,.:n\/ai.o. i"to ,^^..o. ^' jUs^lor larm:n. purpo.-c,,. ^iear tho nor.h-oa-t oornor lho:o ll .onio iino popli 'r.vr,^,J,;j, To. IT.— Liko tho oihor towtiskips j,, ;iio a M-inWv. 1- .Mnino-. d >.rblnlis 01 groen popkv.- an i small p:mhosof hav land Ind ol'Moplar w.^: s ,■ ''''/^ ' , ' or.M- s,.mo low yoars a-o. To ,!,o wo.l i. li:., i.],, .,;„. ,„„,!,, ,|o:,..- ,;„.'.,■, -'f \duo,i;.ah,r-osuuntily,.^-. ;,vllo!.t hav land, '11, ..,,;i .JM.-rt, '.i-'X.; " :' • ^^' ■ arable land, would bo w-ii ;■,:■,, ird for pafitnvngo. '^ ' ''"''^ ' m, .;.•.■„„• da nui ■'^Z"'''''^n :}'^.;^•-f^^•'>^•^''-'l ^vith a ri..;,so unr..I,, l,-,M'io.'i>n.sh t;.o ia„-i i;.s i.w uua W, m phu-o., uinl n.,uo ^,'K. I -•^•••' '".' ,■ ■;!•• i la.) ,;.:.,!. ru'I.!,'!, hari;,;.- Loom luinil over a \h^v voirt a'^j) !< l,iMrl-^in'M:;^ -"vr''; -■~'^'''' ' "^" '"'■'!' t-onsisi. or;'o!iin,y pr:M,.i(. ; oxooH,.,,! Iniui. Soil, I'M' 1^ loan). Watornuno. oxcepMJia! ou tJioHnil'iro. Jonnshjp.\o. 0.---T1U,. town.i.ip is well Miiiol ,;„• .onlonu-nt. Ji, i.s noariv all "•I >.•,;;■ j.raino, and Ih. .oil i. i„ n.o.i, plnoos vorv lino. It Knv.vs in noa^h ovo ■ ^^^^^^ Soiil.,.-. oan lioMipplio.! uit!, wnol fmn, !l,o i wo. nd'H^'OMl town> A'... (!.— f'oiiiaiiis hut llttN- lam Ml alkahno lakos hoin_<;- its chaiaetoiistio foat 'lioplii!- anl olu'i-ry i^-rowin"- in old M-indiitlls, >1 in 1 ... h:! '."' ,'='V' ''^''"- "r <-l'i"'aeton.tio loaluiv. 1 l.o.v is a small .ovon i -rowtll \ >i;v:ini limr^ inooao'li ilio sinUh-orisJoriv jtonioii of tho 1ow,i.:!iiu /-;r;...A//; .U7.---U broken by -ovoral vavinos and liill:^ i^nn iiVio lo sovontv- vo .oot_ in H..-b . It isnot wo]| watorod. Tl nd ior iho mo.| pa.l is t^ooJ parii- ou!i!,l\ in tho vallo as: nn Im-t-.p, of tlioldllsi' i., ^.ooowiiat <^r;t'vcll\-. "TiioiJIh ii ihe woM Mdo of tho township whioh is'siunud and vamai.lo onlv ior ii:..wood' . ion;,tlu..\..>,nnibo;,Kvt isofl..ttorqnali;y boinj^ hu-v.o:: T.o .o,l is^-^l oxooptin.^ .lioiiu i!io wo torn .ido. whoro tlio;'o:i.o simd hill-.. .,„/lV"'''^'!\^"'-'l"''^^'^-~^'": -'■'"■'"'' '^^""■'^^ ''*''^'""-« townships ato rollin- ^ano I d.s w:l!, no^ko-s i-o.-onni- totally n-dil Vn- Ihi min- Tu' timlo.-is ni^ sniiahlo i.ir inainii;ioiu:iii<;. pu"p()-os. _ T.Avn,kij,Xo. U.~Coy<.A^ tor tho most pan ofliin 1 nnavailablo f.;- oubivatioi. nonh, ^^birl'"'' •• •>.' ^"""'-^'^'^tpart is a vast swamp ahoundi.i- with h.nn-; poplai, ^nn Lo.. ^nmo o, u „.'., i* nrn f^^t iti diam»ir-r. A bmnoh <,t' Whit; Afi.'d u'OA \t\ lartro villi t'uMlIIOIIl ^ ■! Kiuuo liiii' ami o.'iU Muili\! wMtv umiulaliiii;'. st of |M>plar :iun, c!.\foj)t- irt, (jt'a .slaty i)iHlH<.'n jiart !■- IjaiilcK aio ^ inii^t ca.'HV'* ■ Ij.' romid ill , iii'u-as.seH, .•(t\i'\ i;Tf>\vtll 1" ^c'V^iily- gooi.l, jiarli- 'I'iioio is a If ill i-'land.s, tlllT blllrib. o tlio towu- c1l':)I!i from oi'h ;>! adual. !;■ KOnio gocnj ^C'!-!ih along" ii' ii 10 wood. d l'XC('])iill;^' aio rolling- ml c is 1.1 li- eu! ''.vatioii, witl) hi'.iwv Whit; MM 6i road ■.y.i.cM ,.,„. cfl tlio (own.-lii,;. ''''' '■"'"'"■'■ "' "•>■ «H.katcIi(nv„u 'l'''nandsi,..H.l,isalir^i;'', ,^ :^^^ TI,o «,l,,„il ,,„,l,i„:, ,|„i;'L J,""i "■"""' ''r'l'SS-i->BlV0Ni ...is 1,0 iwolvo f„„( ,lo. . '1 I... W'l •; M ,' . .. lU m would, ,w-.du,.o:nii,M,nn,.(.:,,;a;;ii;;-:!;;;.,;'y,;;f'"''^^'''i' >" ^^ '""-i', ^nd u d,.!i,M.d nro liiiod Aviih tln..k oak. oi.ii arri' ,,,ai V. , :', ) -^"^ ^"'•'^^? Kiv.v m-1,o.hi l.ai.k.s ^yood t<.,. ln,.| and „;|,,, ^ \',^'' .;,.'^ ^ providing a ..on.id,.n.l,K. ,i„anli(v- .,(• tho inu.nd,. 1 sciti..,-. ^ ' ' '"•''""" ^'" l'»^V!i,.inj, a do.Miai.fo l-oalinn f,,,- Ti-on;gK^-l;;v!'-~,;:,^;,;;ni;f>:;;;;^^ ;-;,:' i-i-iar and ,i,i..k ^111..- 1,..,..,, 'i'o toun.l,i,. .annul bo ioeonniuu ic i , it ',r"' Ti" ' '^'^""''' '"" ^''^' •■^■^' "»' HOijio La.l nui.>kcg-,s. ' -* n.naeiu. J.i:o nui ili-oast nait c.-iiidi Js.M Hoijio l,ai| nui.>l:cg,s -/Wv-^,',,;; .\-, m.-('on' ^"'"" "i'C>^' l.n-go en.nigh Jb!- sfuvln..,. T',o m. i (^ ' !' •! i'"!;'"'' l"''''"-. mucli of wj,i.-l, is there itt an amount ofgoo.l ],ay kind. ' '1^-""^^ "■!'! "i iho cug., of liio mii,.kt.g-.s IfAN,:;r"'';-^^ i.S^ aiamdanth- ;>aK and j„.;,la,.. Oa ,1,,, bank, .n la, iVml : a ' il el- 'ivi'"' J '""' ^"'''' ""-""'' tow,,, up, a-, .on.o ve.y lino lai^o «ized dnl" ''' ""'"'^ l'^' " ^^^^ '■^^^"'^i' ^^'i^ -int-' jniniiMiia((> v'|i-'\- fi'i'n \>^^ ■ ■ !■■ ' • , Tho .oil h.ro i« ONoelicnn ^"-'-^uvcr i. inan kahauul.. t„ a mil,, in width. H 7'oiriisli'j) A'li..>i'('no:'iilly ^rowinij ninoii'.': liilii".! limln'.'. 'J';i'.) boil iu ni'Ht pni'tHisgoml. t'N:ci>p(iti;(un liicliill'* ^vllo;■o it ih fliity. T!n' iiiki'si (lie ill iii'xl i-a-os MiiallDW, wmi' hoiii;^ little iii'):'o lluiii iiiar.-Iios, t'nst tilliii;;- [\\> ail 1 livf iiniii'ivuliil. Tln-ro is somo piphii' ill; iWi' ijiiiliiiiiu- aii.| IciK'iiiic. Tho iiiDst of lli(> i<\vum[M iUlopI <^')--j\ hay. (Jy|iroy. Riviu' miu., iiima,'!;li tiai iini'ili-ouwl pai'l fil" tlvo tii\vii;. — 'I'iu! iiDi'tli-oa.sl, jjorlioii ol thin tjwii-liiji iji fl^r ilio nio^t nni'f rolliiitr ]>r!iirii.'. Tlio rcinftiii'lor iH covorod with brusli ami fallon tiinkv . Tho soil in tlio valkvi id a tiiio black loam, t,ii;^*htly iiif\vi ul ihls towiL'jhip. ThowaUf i.s ul'gii'jil ijii'il'iy. l\iwii:>i<(i> X:k T. — Tho juiiil i;> gT'iioially undtil.aling', nfid tiio soil good, with tho rxoonti'iii of (ho iiDi'tlu'in lior ol'Hoftions wliorn tho sand hills bo^in. it, is tint \roIl woixK';!. TlurcartMinly sonio siii'dl (•liiim)s()!\i;'{)od j)o])!ai\ and fowoaliandciui, amloii tlie saml \\\\U a jjcrnwlli ol'sluutt d sjiraco. 'i'iioCyjuo.is IWw,- ruiis lhruu;4'h llu' losvn- fdii]). I;s v.rU.' i- <\'''td!i.'iit. Tlioro aru ^omo limo'toiio bo\ddors in the -ovihcrii jiarl liui 11(1 i::\fd rmk. Thd'o arc soiiio t^ood iuiy meadows. T'.'r:: '.)■• \';. ^v— is qiiite iintit ioi'ciiltivation, witli the e\eei:t:')ii ut' the valley of the A-- i'.i.iii' ;iu , I Inu foiiniosedol'saud hilh, eoverc i with |iO]dai', sjiniee, elmaiid'ool- ton\vi)(,:l. ^.lie tiin'iei' in ilie valley is ijoed, hut I'le s|irii(.'e v/Iiieh ^rous on llie sand hills h. wo; l!iie-;> \ir\\\<^ linibe.l dow n to (he sliunji, 'J'lie land in the valley of the A ssin- iiihoinc i> a '.ei'V jii'h loam. Tiioi'o aro .some ^'ood niill sile-s on |iio ('ypress JJi^or wldch tlous iluoi!!;h the soiith-e'tsi ]invt of tlie townslii]). Theie i- no walei' to he ioiind on ;;;e ■ :.;,d ll'li^.. 'Tfurnshlji Xu. W and In. — Are until I'or a;;-i'.eiiliui'al [niri-i^es. h( in;j; all sand- hills !u:d -Ava)a|i - i aiorveiiin.';;'. Th-- timber is usele-s foi' manuV.aniii'int;- i)Urpo.>-e.s. 'I\'i'-)i Xii.W. — All ai'iindaiu snpiiiy oi i;ood watef and .suitable liinbei- l(>f biiildiii'j,' linih.T ;is well as iiie (juality of the soil in iiarls and its proximity to lln.> ,i;i'eat Sa.-.l.-alehewim li'aii w ill .'ill eoiuUieo to the eari>- settlement, of (ho i'owiishi|i. Tho bes: land i> i!i the cenli''.'. 'fivrwiiy .Xu. 12. — Almost llic entire siirlaei.) consists oi' hnv weL swam|>s, useless foi- seitieiiient purpo.MS until draine!. Tin ;e aie, liowever, a Jew good cjuarter Keetioiirt along ilie lel'i baniv of I'iiie JJivor whieh Jlows neross tiio township. Tho limlier (Miei.-i.-; eliielly of ])oplar, and the lower jiarlv; are tlii'ddy grown over \Yitb willow aird olner ^erub. '/'•,>'-)(sli'li Aa. I.M.— -'I'he soil is generally very g'xxl, being of ;i sandy loamy charaeter. The entire snrJaec^ is covered with dense serai) with ])oplar in M)ine jiarts. (iood w.iter can bo obtained in abundance, b'.ili by digging and liom hinall creeks. The south-west is low and hw.'inip}-, Several beli.s of low lands blroleh in (lilfcront directions throngh the township. 'fou-nt>li/i.\^i.[\. — 'fni- to\vn'-hi]» is well adnj)ted Ibr csoLtleiiieni. The"soil i.-j « rich ]■. am, mostly di'y an.l arable. "T.e V.'Iiite Mud JJivi'r lions .'C'rors tho townsjjip fVoin we.u to oasi. TIm; waLor is exfelleni in quality. Timboi- is abundant — .vaiiablo Jlu' bnilding and fencing purposob. Toiriishijis A'".s. 15 (mil IG, — Are generally well adaple I ibr agriettllural pur])0.*e?i. In tho centre of township number sixteen there i.^ a jaigo belt of heavy pojilar timber, and in tise sonth-we.-.t corner of the townshij) niiniliei- lilteeu there is a considorablo quaniity of wood land. 'J'"'riiplies e.vi.'elienf wi.ier. 68 Uygi'owiriij Avl:(>;o it ih laiv-lais, ti'st iK'iiiir. Till' .1 lloi'lil-l'USI Tho soil in il tij):) it. ii Tho wat(»f I, ^vUb tho is Hot -vroll oliv:, 11 lid on h l!u' lowii- e -"^Mlicrn 10 Vfilloy of 'I mil 11(1 ool- )ii llio i-and t' lliu Assin- iross JJi\er viitcr Id ho .: all Kjuid- ll'pO.-O.i. tiinbor tin' ity to llio to\vnslii[t. i\», iisoloss hi ijuartci" ship. Tho over Avith idy loamy (lino }iait."«. iom hinall blroU'h ill <.'j*oil i.-i tt TIm.' waLur i lil!r]lO.<0:^. lar timber, )iisidorablo A' tlio best at pi'c-ont ia ft low lly in the :UM-. It is tho^^bKi^^ ^;tor!hott« -r good, and tiioro is un ample quantity ofhay land and plenty of- l/oadwatJ^^^ '"'^ '" Ranuk XFir— We8T. .".■,(,,1, ,i,c i«k«;uia';";:,,v':;„t^ 'z c ' "''i;:, it"l,i ,:it -" t,! "'■'";• "'°r Mni<» i,k/ ;; r.;i™;r;;:„^:;;;''.:'',-'"''''- '■""" "" ""'■' • "■ " "t™" »"<• "I'li" "•»! «% .... 11.0 »uM,o,.n":i,:!;":;;;»;;;i:;:^f ;;;,;';.'''"« ''» '■"'■''"■'■» »'■"'■" °i' 11.0 i«ko, and i'<''l>'- where it is irravellv partonl.otmSiip "^'"^'"'^'^ ^"""t^"' '"" "'^' Huuth-western Swi/„"v'*-"'' Ti"' """^•';<''>'"^ ormincrals ofai.v kind. Sections 3;^. 3^ 25 36 "J a, 1 r. '7f ""• 'V^-^"'""^ ^"'^'^^ "^'^^ t^' '•^' ^'>""«l ''» and prairie. ' ' ' "^^^ -'^" '"""'"''" l""'^ '^ "^"J*-^ "J- of patches of brush towi^d;;.'"^'^"""'"^''^'"'"""^ 1-"'^ ^>''^"'"l ^1-"^ -ter, run across tho lowhSs.''" "" ''" '""'' ■' ^■"'''^"' ^•'■"^•^"'^'' ^''' fe"^-l ••'"^■1< ><-" ->y bo found in the creel, and also in the .om,:;:L^';;t;er it tlK^;;;;;;;^^^^^^^ ''"^' "^" a.,ove-mentioncd gravelir"' "'"""'' ^^■''^''•'^^^^^■^^l^'''^" '''''■"' "" ""' "'i" <^'P- -hich is very imm'oves iii M.i'.lif,-- ., i, i, • V"^''^ .«ornl). J'urthor sou h the and ..i«i.lt°\n;'",;!;;fS.'ui !.:;;;« ™™i;;;-™ aiicction—oro.'ssus the south-east corner. o.._ii t,.isio;iy ee M '/'('inisA'/) iV". i^. — Tlio M)il, oxccntiii^ in ilio vnllov of tho Aw-siniiibuino, is vorv i-*!"!!!!!,' of li;^l\l Miml drit'iiMi into hrniill iiv<\nular hills (")vo. el with ri for, con , . , ; I'twUi ol' hiitiio I luiii scrulil)y fijii'uri', u:ik aii'l |t('iiiiir. Thi' foii iili'l tiiii!)o. At iinihuiiio Jiiver, which runn apn)-.M iho uoniioi'ii part, uro of j^'ooil finality (lo|i;ii of Ihi; rivfi- i-t helwcon lliive and mk tWl with a curront of ahout tlirco niilos* por hour. 'J' Xo \\. — Thr Mwf.ico it viM-y hilly ami cut up hy niirncrom gu"" lios. Pine Crook, a r*iii]i. Tiio w)il Ihroiighout iavory nandy, and not ahovc sot'onart thoro i,i a largo quantity ol tall poplar, avoraijing ahout Kovon inches in diamottM". Tinniship JS\>. 12— Tho Hurfaco'irt very hilly and tho Hoil only of Hocond-rlanrt qual- ity. Tho caatorly two-tl.lrU id tiinhofod with hoavy jvoplar, Honio birch and hftlni of Giloftd. Tho wostoni part ha-j a goid many r>poningHi of i^andy land, with Bcruh, nnd in homo ])!accH nothing hut a scanty growth ot grnns. There nro numoi-oud nuuikcgrt. Pino Crook crosao^ tho HOiith-oaHtcrly part of tho town-ihip, running through ft low Bwampy valley. ToiniK/v'p iVo. n. — Is, excepting in tlm matches, chiolly covoroil with good timber. Tho Nui'lhce is broken by hilN. and tho soil is not very well adapted for agricultural |)urpo-:es. Xuniorous sn\all creeks are to bo found running chiefly tlirough (ho marshes. ti>ini. It contains an abundant supply of oxcoUent water. Touiuhip No. K). — Tho soil is generally of an inferior ciualily, being light sandy loam. In niiniy places in tho north-west quarter of tho township the soil does not oxcood six inches in depth, tho subsoil being comjtosed of gi'avcl and boulders. The timber i-; ol'very little value except ibr fuel. Fencing and building timber can 1)0 jjrocnred at the IJiding Mountains, some 15 miles distant. Toirnahi/i No. il. — The soil is of light sandy loam. The land, excepting Bmtdl gravel ritlges, which run in a north-westerly direction across it, is level, marshes produce good ha}-. Tuinisliip No. 18 — Contains very little good farming land. Tho soil, with the exception of that on the marsliy land, is principally light sandy loam. This township being very low and level, is Hoodwl with tho water ft'oni tho Hiding .Minnituin. Nearly one-third of this lownshiji is marsh or hay land, and in the spring moro than one-half of it is covered with water, Tho timber Las been all killed by tiro, and consequently is of no valuo except for fuel. 2'ownship No. 19. — Ts, except the two tiers of sections next tho Boulli lino, imfit for settlement, Tho soil is gravel even in tho marshes, and tho lumber chiefly po])lar. Tonixship Nil. 20. — Tho soil is stony and gravelly, and there are many groves of larn-e size pophir. sju-uee, and red pino, and a young gi'owth of tho isamo timber spread through thi! town.-hip. Ou-ing to ilie numerous nnirdhcs and gravelly natur* ot tho soil, it is not well adapted lor bottlcnienl. two Tho Township No, Eanue XIV— )Vest. -Is chiefly good i-olling prairie. A ravina about sixty fwt in «7 , IS vorv a flH:ill Li.' Oil I ho ity. Tiio i-fo niilo!* •< giillios. iroiigliout loro is a liisrt qiial- (1 l)alm of lulls livgrt. ;h u low nth good iiptcrl for g c'liiofly 10 Hoil in 1 west to OM'ants of i-wcHtorly :u's. Tho abuiuliml ;ht sandy dooa not ors. ng timber jting (wo jvcl. Tho ■\vilii the f\'oni iho except for lino, unfit lor chiefly • grovo«i of mo timber Uy natura ty fMt iu z-iosais-mcn dopth ruiiH through the western pitrl of tho township, iu which pools of r.tandin;r water are to ho fuiiiid. TluTc ii Moiiu- g(j mI tiiniior in the north-caHt. Tinvmbj) Xo, .'J. — Till) .soil of this tovvii.Hlii|» is a dark loiini, wimowhat inclinelar. 'The southern iiart is chiefly brushy prairie. TouHs/iij) Ao. V). — Ts principally composed of good rolling prairie. About one- sixth isiri'eclaimabic swamp, the remainder tit for farming purposes. Some good timber is to be found in the soutli-wcst ])art of the townshi]). The lowlands have a black loam soil, and tho uplands a gravelly soil. Toumhip Ko. 7. — In the south-east (piarters about one half the land is good black loain; tho remainder very wet swamps. Jn the south-west quarter the swamps are less frequent. The westerly part of it being good, dry, level jirairie. About one-half of the north-east quarter is covered with pojilar timlier of a poor quality, and a good many muskegs. The lemainder is covered with thick scrub. The Assinniboine River flows through the north-westerly part. Jt is a little over three cliains in width, runs about three miles an hour, and the depth is about four tbet. Near the banks of tho river there is jioplar of good size and quality. Township Xo. 8. — The soil is generally very poor, heing a light yellow sand, whieh is drifted into irregular hills varying from twenty-five to one hundred feet in height. The larger hills have no vegetation, while the smaller ones are covered with a scant growth of grass and stunted poplar and spruce. Tho Assiiiniboiuo river flows through the eastern part of the township. Tho soil in its valley is very good, and the north-easterly Roctions are well timbered. TownshipXo.il. — Tho easterly part is hilly and tho soil very sandy, covered with scrub and scrubby poplar and oak. The remainder is level prairie, with a few email gullies. Tho soil is sandy but of good quality. There are two small streams in tho township, A much frequentiNl road to Fort Ellico and the west, crosses tho town.ship. Township Xo. 12. — About one-third of the eastern part of the township is covered with scrub and sm.'dl dead poplar. The remainder is undulating prairie, with patches of small brush. Tliero is no water, exceptiiiir in the swamps, 'winch are dry during the greater part of th(> summer months. Tlie soil is light and rather sandy but of good (quality, and can bo easily cultivated. Townships Xos. Vd and 11. — The soil is of an inferior qnulitv. The surface partly prairie and jiartly timbered with po])lar and oak, in some places of good qnalit\\ There are many swamps but no streams. Township Xn. 1.5. — Is excellent fanning land, with the exception of that portion 08 I3< I si lyin^' cast of tl.o Beautiful Plain Ei.l-c and sections G, 1 and 18, M-herc the Hoil is a iignt sandy loam, +u- ?^° ^T'. ''" 'V'"' ■^'^■'^''' ^^''*'' f^*^^'*'!"'! "^li*^i' Kniall streams passinff eastward throutrh thistownslup, give an unlimited supply ..fexcelient water. " The marshy land alono- the stream- produces a rank growth of hay Pi,.„ Vni ?"*''' '."!''' ^l!'" ""^^ "'"Pl*^ '"•^' *«'"i^l skirling the l)anks of the White Mud fhln •; ^-T;-' '■" ^*'''' S;i'0ve3 of poplar, is the only timber in this township avail- amo lor liuikling pui'poses. '■ Towns/lip Mk IG.-AVest of the Beautiful Plain Eidge; this township is all excel- lent farm n.g and, and owing to its proximity to the Eiding Mountain, where fencing and In ikling tnnber can be proeure.l, is well suited for iuimediate settlement vv).,V.l 1"! ^r^"'':'P i-^ "^'ai'l.v all covered with willnw and snuiil poplar, the most of wiueli lias been destroyed l>v tire. i j > Toicn>ip No. 17. — The westerly half of this township contains some excellent S?"''", '" • ? " "V'-';'>' "'^ '■'^^■^■'•^'^1 ^^-'"i i-'"-^' '""' ^viilou Imshes and small poplar. The eastern p_ortu,n of the township is inlers..cted with small gravel ridges ^ ^ Ihe sod is a light and sandy loam. " Tills ])ortion of the township lias no timber of anv value, except, for fuel A large marsh is formed near the centre of the township bv the ^iireadino- out of the waters of two large streams flowing eastward from the Ei- -"it for Toa-n^hil> No 20. --One-half of the surface consists 'of swamps, the bottoms of which are gravelly and stony, the de,.th varying from two to six feJt. O^'e ivmai nin, portion iseoverecl with willow brush and poplar tiinber of inferi.,r < a iVy S township IS unlit tor settlement. l"aiii^>. j.uo Toims/ii up a rich black c! AViiich ai i Eanqe XV— West. \'o. 11. —The soil in the north and west parts is of fi;-st-elass cualitv The soutiiwcsterly portion is '- " ' ■ ' av loam. w.ieh are „uitc worthless fbr cultivation.' There a.: I S'^S In wh3 ^ wS M.J'V't'' ^"' Im~'-^''''' '"'! '■" ^''^ '^'^"'^^ «*■ ^'^i-^ f'^wnship is first-class -a rich bluk clay loan,. There aiv a W^y, good hay swamps. There is verv little timber 10 Hoil is a rd through Vhilo Mud ship avail- ^ all excol- 'I'o fencing fie iiuKst, of i oxpcllent all jioplai-. cl. lintC <'»'i< of ly. Those hay land. •St, half of in flooded H passing fire, muHkegs, nar.sheii is )d ]io])lar riie Roil is 11 II tit for ottonis of I'maining ity. The juality — iaiul-hills, \nv. water the ehief — a rich timher. jams and >f poplar, he town- es. The h poplar 89 high^n^^iS- !^;;^^ ^H^^T^lT *'r'-^"' ^•"- -■•^^^ to south by scattered elunTp.s of ix p lu, The o ,.S ' 'f '''''"'"' \"'''° '"'^^ ''=»^*^1 ^^'^ ^ ^ow Pummor. The main J2 trail tlflr, ^'^Tf™' "■'*-^''' '''^''^^' "'•« '''T ^^'l"y- The tains, and is he v iV voo ei t'l/h" ^1!^^ tho Hiding or Dauphine Moun- with largo gray willmrt.mi.,no 'f'-f '"''Pl^""'' poplar, tit for huilding purposes It is well w^iteij;Vi;;Tn iy " ; au"b; 00 ? r,; l"^ "";^ ' ^'^"^'^ ..ndergrowtirJf ^72'. are to he found in the boUo,'^! ' '"'^ '''"'" ^'"■^''^' I'^t^'l''^^ "*' go«^l hay lands ooveS'^?;fatn^ii;^ke"cScW !f'r 'T "' ^^^^""^ "''^ low-generally wet- third tiei- of sect >s Zmtf^Zn^l:!^\'''^ '^'f '"'^ '^^"'"«- ^'i^''' ""'I ^'^"^P- I" the luilf a mile, on the ere t ol" '• ci; sT iX „ ^'^''" \''''M' ^^oep incline for about about one mile and a halt'\S.motlo;^'"^^ "'"'^' ^"'"'"'^'^^ ^^e west for intersected by tortuou and rm--ed u in ^^' ""'"•" "'J'""^'- ^^^''^ ^^'^^^^ern part is at the bottom of which rUd^^^^^^^^^^ t''""' '^^^ t" «00 feet\leep; on the mountains is ver h n^ i L ! in ' '^' ^'"'T "^ ^'^^'' ^^'"t^''- The sS of a tine, rich, vegetaS noul Thot r^ "i" '^ "'? ^'^'V "'^'^^'^ ^^ ^'''Pt^ being have a rolling suHiice, md a e thicH v t h.!!'. /' -^ '"'' f "1 .«"^^'^^'- '^''^ Pl''^t««»« The township is, ot.'tle ^d'ol i^he ! e!^ '^^^^^^^^ 1"'","'''^ poplar, ash a'nd oak. purpose.", J ' °"^' ""'^'' I'" lumbering than agricultural mon^Z'i!;J^^^:~^^^'' '''^' ^^"^'^^^" '•^'"^ surface are similar to those in the la.st cut up by manv raV ineV . on ""of" wh el ', o f ^^'oan^/^T*'""'^) ^'"^ ^"•'^'h .-^n^l broken, can be had froni many smal sh-en i s ? " ? °^^^ *'".^ '" ^''^J^^''- <^°«^ ^^«te; more easterly, a sa.id^- soil prev-Ul" "'' '''''^''■'^' ?"''* ^^^^^ '^^^ i« ^'«>T shallow ; are r^H^IZ^;, of'^'l^JSr "^ SS, ^LT'-.^ 'r^^' "'^^'' ^^^ t^'^ elm and oak, also willow in rbundancc^ ' '""' ^''^''''•- ^'^^on-M^ood, spruce, Range XVJ — West. hay hiSt;fstet4::\:;^:^;:::;;;;r ^ ^'^^ ^'"-^'^^ -"'^'^ i--^-- -^^h much the ^o:^vt'^£-J!i~':r!X''l^'^'f:^^^ '''' ^"'^'" blutr of stunted oak in be had in almost any ^^tion ot' ?h"to^'!:;Sr" '" ""'""^ ^^'■^"'"^' ^'^^^ ^^^^ «- exceii^:;^;^ wStJ'n~iI!'^rS^7 ''"'''"» -];' ^he most part of it clear prairie, and ^villow, noru3 la no oud t^or Lill f'"^^ '''''' '™'"S ^"^^^ ^•"='" poplar, cherry The White Mud Eive^Ams fL L o S.K!?'? '• r^'' '°'l ^'^^-'^"^h^it is goocf. and water can bo had in • nv f tlS .n. ?. 1- '^ .sections. Its water is excellent, ravines, mu4egs ,; 'low hn ffSf' ', *n'' ''^"'*:'"''):;, '^'^'"^''' ''^'-H^'.^cl of deep is fores't, the timber En I V ilm I. lo ''''','"''' "'^' ^^''"^'^^ "* ^he township janij^-. It is well wa;:;"d bv "man LH: ''■' '''^' ^^"■"^'''' '"''1^'^' "■^'^'•' ^--■' ""^ wood =^?S;=;Iudf in^^WvilX!"!.;:'''^ ^l""'?' )^''''^'' ''''■^•''' ^•''"' -"^- ^^^h, cotton, for the most part s go dlu d 1 e / J^ ^^^ *"'" ^""''"'^ l""'l->ses. The soil Which are wi ndapt^ f" j: h^'J^ng aS .^^rir^^r'' ''''''''''' ''''' ''' ^'"''^^ "^ n ?• RvNQE XYII— West. Toxcnship Xn H. — Is rolling prairie, with a imv i;ulliw. Surface water can bo Lad in soino ot tho ^•.illios hut not miming ivator. G.w,i water can ho got by sinicin.^ from SIX to twelve feet. Tho soil is a goo.l darl< loam. "' towuSi'T'"^' ^^'''' ^"•""'^'^^ surface, .'.oil and timhor are iho same as tho foregoing nirnship Xo. 13. — Tho quarty of tho soil i.s onlv aocond-class, tho nurfaco undulating; the bottoms niostly Hwampy, aud tho tops of tho hi!I« gravelly, and in ^^n"";')!^ "■'^'- l: iTi ''\'!\^^'-^^' ladders of granite. Tho nlopon of the hills aro ponerally a rich black sod, but not of great oxteni. There in verv little water, and It IS . t bad quality. Ihero i.. not much timber available for building purposes most ot It being cither scrub aud crooked, or dead. A road to Fort I'dieo cro.sscs thi.s township, th.f!^r"f/i ^^''■u^-~'^^u '"'■^f'*' '"' »"^^"l''li".?. f'^o bottoms being swampy and thot0]..ot the h. lis gravely and stony; tlic soil on tho slopes is tolerably good Thore are many sma shallow lakes and ponds in tho western part, the water of most of them being very bitter, but a few are to bo found with good fre^h water. About one-third ot the area is timbered with pn|,!ar, halm of Gilead and a few oaks. The remainder is covered with scrub and grey willow, and reeds and bull-rushes in tho HWUllips. ih. tZ'^f-^'f"- ^^~u ^'''^^ ''^ Sood heavy poplar timber runs diagonally across tho township fi-om south-west to north-east, occupying one-half , iul area It m mtormixed with swamjrs, lakes and patches of scrub: The remainder, with tho exception of a strip on the west side, is covered with scrub and gray w How with numerous swan.ps and small lakes which are very shallow and inuddy. The soil IS oi an inferior (luality. •' r^ar^^^ulA^' ^^'-^^'f "!>i-tli-east quarter contains a quantity of .'••econd-class poplai timber, the remamder is covered with dense scrub and gray willow The Hurface ih undu ating-the soil in the low lands being good black Lm, except' in the muskegs, which are pretty frequent - that on the uplands is rather saudy^ Thoro are several lakes, the water of which is bitter, but good water may ho obtained in tho muslce.i^.s and most ot the swamps by digging about two feet deej). There is one smaU brook in the southern part of the township. Tounship Xo. n.-Js chiefly timbered with very small ijoplar, spruce .^-ev mal l.;i.i t-t '^ ™ • "^' ""'^ '^.'>"^o^^'li=it rough. Thoro are many muskegs and email lakes with some tine living springs. t> "* Tou-mhip Xo. 18.— This closely re.^Mnbles tho preceding township, with the exccD- tion that it IS rather more thicklv timbered. ' N>uuiueexecp I Il.\NQE XVIII— "West. ti,n Z^r'^'^^'^Y ^^"^^ undulating prairie, excepting some clumiis of scrub treoain the south-west'. rly parts. There aro no running streams, but gooi water in pools ia tho water courses in tho eouthorn part. Tho soil is rather red and gravelly excoot lli't? '^"it^™ l'''^'"V ^^'ho™ it is inclined to bo a black loam. There are some small patches of hay meadow. Township Xo 12.— The surface is broken ])raiile, with a hard and gravelly soil except in the north-east quarter, which is covered with scrub and small poplar and contains more black loom. It is not well watered. ' ^ ' ..r.Jr''?'''^ ^\}'''-~?^^''' ^"''''"^'•' ''^ ''*'"'"^^' ]»"'''i'^ ^vilh hazel, cherry and dog- wood bushes, small poplar and willow. The soil is good. The Sa^kntchcwa-i road crosses the north-east corner of the township. i.itm s^a.i loaa •oil iroflt<'li''';^"^-T?'''m!''''"" '^ g^""»^'-ally rolling, and for the most part tho •oil 18 ot *x.'ell,.nr quality. There ar« no running; streams, but wntw is readily found Bomo rrator can bo 5t by sinking ho foregoing , tbo Hurfaco velly, and in the hillH aro lo wator, and irposoH, most I'l'osst'H tJiis swampy and erably good, •ator of niOHt ter. About • oalvH. The ishos in the )nally across area. It is M', with the ivillow, with y. The soil .^ccond-class •illow. The xccpt in the idy. There ained in the is one small pruce, <^-ey a middling auskegs and :h the exccp- ?rub ti'eos in ' in pools in £>lly, except some email ravelly soil, poplar, and y and dog- bewau road ist part the >adily foujid centre of the township. ^''''^ ^'^^ ''"'^'- ^^"^ Saskatchewan trail c:'oss«8 the BANaE XrX— "West. L.ond^hw'i'^^^'^" ,\2.-I«.praii-io, with islands of poplar and scrub. The soil ia a luwiiMiip. ilic^o .lie two alkaliiiol!ike«m this town^liin *• small poplai. The reuiamder is covered with thick scrub and fallen timber Thn SS'i"'' ^•"^^^''■•«"Sh the north-cast corner. Until itcnte s I > .4ney o t c^Lit o SS/« 14 Tr "iT^^n r'r^^^' ';""T ™^-*"^^' -^"^ '^"« numerouVmill site iOH7is/!(;; ^\o. 17.— Is well limberetl with poplar, white birch, .n-ev willow ind a flmiV 1 1 .? •■; ,^^'°™ ^'''^ numerous lakes and muskegs. Whirlpool Eivor good iuaiuf '''''''^' 1'''^' ''*^'"*'"^' ^'^^^'^ "^'^^ "^^°^- Th^ ^^■^'^^' i« ft-o^h aid of Eanqe XX— West. ro!ww/i0; ^^'J- ll.-The hurfaeo is undulating prairie, the soil a rich dark loam Thorc.snotimberof any value, although thoreSu-e some small natcho« of ;>o£ y oiOisA'^ i\o. 12 —The surface is undulating, and covoi-ed for tho creater T>ivt with dense clumps of poplar, hazel and willow. ^The soil i. a rich, deep%k 10^^ Ihere are a few ])onds «f alkaline water. The only good water is north-westorly part, Btony in iilacos. m the Little .Saskatchewan Kivcr, which flows throusih th and has some good mill sites. " Toiniship Xo. 13.— The surface is undulating prairie, sloDin--- cr-iduallv tmvnr■»'■'"".'.' "orno K0.K1 mill tiles. The banta a™ r taKnui '.tT'""" " ■' ""■' "°* '°-- ''■'>»'■« " - >""-■ "It;;:;; do poplar n„,l w,l„w. i3.-„mp» aro m,moro„i. bui small. iC S cart S to Range XXII— West. Township Ko. 11.— The surface is generally prairie. The northern mrt is hrokfin tY. i'nll '^""'^' • "' ,'^'', ""^'^^''^ *''^^'« ^■'^ ^ ^«^i^l fl'^t, about one nS« n width anS the soutlioru partis H broken stonv nnii-if. TK^ c«;i • ^ '"nwu wiuin , ana loam, especially on the level liS, SVe it Is de"p anVriS T^^^^ nearly all the ravines containing.- M-ator in sni-in's unLw.m, . Tl V ^"^^ ^-^'^<^^'^^>V'''^ '"^'r ''''''''''' the south.east'corne;of7he towis Ip." ''' loun6/»pAo U.—ihe surface is generally prairie, broken by dcen r-avines Tho ^mber IS dead and green poi>lar, a small quantity of which mV bo 3 foV fencing which IS situated m the bottoms of the ravines. The soil is i .rnnrl r .,,.1- \1 ^^^^A"^' Elver, a stream about ten feet ^vide and one foouL; iX^t "^^^^^^^^ the water is dea.l, standing in ponds along the bod of the stream Wnfrmo^P ' i i m any of the ravines by sinking ihnn eight to t, ^ fLt ^ ''° ^'^"^ Townships Kos. l:j and 14.— Are well woodei' and witovo,] Ti,« ^,•.v,l • , large enough for building purposes. Tl o gria "r nrt of \he ku f ^^ ''^ p-airie, the timbei- being scit^tefed over it in ^^H du^. "'n^^S^Zljf'J creekrunsdiagonallvacross the township -i^^f^JUjibextcuem, A pia j^rif pij^;;t.n;S!j^ = or;* r £;'5:"itsr ^ -s od. There or may be orous email small lakes, 3 preceding s ti'averaed the vallejH s'nshii). The s is stony, deep and in sy in some le chain in banks are [J the banks rn parts is van River, las a largo but in tho nbor along each town- ' ponds and joil rather clumps of irt trail in ^ood water t is broken .'idth; and ig a black 11 watered, some very nks of the ship. ^ines. The r fencing, am. Oak iship; but lay bo had • is poplar, is rolling 3llent. A ravelly in 3rou8 and the town- V Towmhip No. 10.— Tho poil is of good quality, boin^^ a dark, sandy loam. Tho surface is principally undulating prairie, with patches of willow, brush, and t^mall ewampH ; there is also a considorablo cpiantity of good poplar along tho eixstcrn shore of Srlt Lake, which liiw in the middle of the township. Its waters are very bitter and salt. Springs ol' pure water abound on the north-cast shore of the lake There is a dry bod of an alkaline lake in tho northerly ])art, which is covered to the depth of about two inches with a dcpo.sit of saltw of K(xla. RiNOE XXllI— West. Township No. 11. — Is rolling prairie, broken by several ravines, from 50 to 100 feet deep. In most of tho ravines good v/ator can be had in ponds. Tho soil is a dark loam. There aro a few islands of ])oplar in tho northern part of tho township, but the supply is very i-mall. Township No. 12. — The sinfuce is rolling, partly prairie and partly woods. The soil is good. Gofxl water can bo obtained anywhere by digging a little depth. Townships Nos. lli, 14, and 15. — The surface is undulating prairie, wii,u hmall bluff's of poplar. The soil is good and there arc many ponds; and go(xl f'esh water may also be had by sinking wells. Oak River crosses the north-east corner of township No. 14. Tmcnship No. 16. — The soil is a black, sandy loam, gravelly in places. The surface is undulating, principally prairie, with numerous small clumps of brush and islands of poplar. Shoal and Raven Lakes, Ho on the westerly part. The water of these lalces is good. A road to Riding Mountain House crosses the north-west corner of the township. Ranok XXIV— Wks» Township No. 11. — Two ridges, about 20 chains in width and 50 feet in height, traverse the township from north to south. The soil on tho ridges is hai"d and gravely, but elsewhere it is generally of the finest quality. It has no running water. Two beautiful small lakes, surrounded by woods, lie in the southerly part, but the water being salt is useless for domestic purposes. Excellent water can, however, be found in several paits by digging from four to eight feet deep. The absence of wood is the greatest objection to this township Leinp good for settlement. Township No. 12. — Tho surface is generally rolling prairie, almost without wood, excepting a few scattered groves of poplar and willows, chiefly in the north-east part. The scarcity of wood is tho greatest obstacle of tho settlement of this town- ship. Tho soil is a deep, dry loam, free from stones, and is in every respect well adapted for agricultural purposes. Townships Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 16. — Tho soil is principally a rich, dark clay loam, with occasional gravel hills, tho summits of which are thickly strewn with boulders. There aro several lakes of good water, and numerous islands of timber and underwood. Those townships aro well adapted for settlement. Kanqb XXV— Wjebt. Township No. 12. — Is situated on tho east side of tho Aasiniboine River. It has a rolling surface, and the west side is broken by deep ravines running towards the river. In these ravines there aro poplar and birch not exceeding five inches in diameter. In the valley of tho rivor there are some elm, oak and poplar, with a few ash, not exceeding ono tcxit in diameter. Tho soil in tho valley is a rich loam ; else- whore it is slaty, with patches of loam. It has a rolling surface, generally prairie. Township No. 13. — The soil is fair, and tho township fit for scttlcmont, beininr watered by Arrowhead River and other small streams. There aro numir i;:> ' igh gravelly and stony hills. Township No. 14. — The amfaco is undulating prairie, the soil good, i::A a lino creek of good water flows through it. There are numerous bluff's of scrub, but not much goiMl timber. 8—10* 1i in loam ^lio i.oniR.i-n l.alf. Tho southcn. half i. diioHy pn.irio T so ^ '.n " , ^.n org„o,l quality. A Ury ravine, abont novonly iS deen lies t •,;;?;' ^i anotlH. a(.ou. oi^hty fcoUlei, jn tl.o western parfc^tho S&n^h , f ''" "'"^""'^"' Uanob ^XVI— West. Townships Xm. V.i and 14.-TI.-j B.,il ia Rcruaallv r -.,,1 Ir...,,. i' „ „„ril„.n rnllr„„