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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour etre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est filrn^ d partir de Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 r ^»-v^'^ » /://-UNl::eR,B /»-<. /f.^ -^ / NEW NTARIO Thundei* Bay, • - Nipigon &|StJoe Railway, . ^<^ a;! i^;i Dairy Laiuis Sli€»ep Lands Spruce Lands Grazing Lands Farmings Lands Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, Limestone Marble, Fish, etc. A. »%.*, *jAi ^"tLiUiii ,'• .* "^ y '"/^. T ^ TDunder Bay, NiDlflon & St. J06 Railway . RREPACB ) Iron, stone , etc. New Ontaruvhajti'if late venrs Iteen re- ceiving more att^*ttioii. Duiinj:^ the boundai-y dispi-te ^t was desciihecl as a country of rock, ||^,lnte irnii shale, f^o nftol'ul for lialast, streets, side- walks, liiieks and ])aint, (one firm i^i Den- ver. Colorado, used "20 . and o\er a large blanket fle- posit. of low ^vndc .spathic iron ore, so largely n.sed in J^ngland and which will he iisefl in this country ot" water j lowers, so soon as electricity cm be siieee.'^sfnlly and ecouotiiically nsed to isnielt it; through more or les.s wooderl, bnrnt and })ine lands, to the east arm of T)ng lake, from whence there will be by navig.-.tion. a tcrritoiy of l.irJ4,<'(i:issing within ;i few tniles of ;i large deposit of iron ore, of very higli graiie, do\\n the valley l>y tlie river into \\hich all the streams will carry rimht^r freight for thi- railway, past, .over and tJiroiiLili \irgiii forest.s of asii, elm, i)ine, s|)riiei\ balsam, t.imarai'k. liemlock, lu-ri and Avliitc birch, miner;d and salt springs, sand stones, marls. cla_\ , s:,iid. kaolin, asbestos, limest )ne, i)him- bago. red paint ore, rooting mic.i, gold and sihcr beating rocks, farming lands, and .iti iimnense deposit of marble, in layers of fioni I"J inches In ll. U'o[. Tliis is, \sc i'elic\(\ the liirgest known deposit of the kind in Canada, as it extends fiom within if miles of tlie C. V. R. at Black i'.ay to and across the I'ash ko Kagan River, and is believed to underlie an ari^a of iOx.'io miles, aliont -OO.OOK acres. ,\n earth- <]i!akc, or some natiir.d disow c.in be obtaitied, lutt white jiicdominates. Tlic Ontario 1il"ARTTUtt This railway ctm pany propos at least thtec setthrs on every of ils line, a wood lontract of oj d^)llarH jx-r annum ) ir five year the compiiny will h ly from its actual bona fide farn settler.s, buildin"' sLone. fish etc., to tin lie Oxyil • > .V> Ja and Alutiiua .93 lid that tliiiwill prove a very vnlu- ux for cerljD n ore.'-. i tsoction is l)lo.SHP(l with enormous or deposit.? if liineofonf,'. the only I ones in j^'cO'iifi West. Thi.'^ of vill fiirni.ih ii time a huj^^e low pri'.-e to tiie \iall,vny and is absolutely ary to the irowth of the Distrir-t c prosperity of the coming iron in- 1 (lovcrnme-ts are alive to the ad- nent of Camda's three great in- !8, farm paier puI}J and iron. § iO miles of ( inada i.s so capabjfe of ig all tJu'ee is the SO miles along ilway, bctW'On Thunder Ray and ripigoii. Tie ppotion ivjntains at million and H half acres of arable much of wlioh is similar to the if the famou Kainy Kiver Valley, one and iroi ore, an assay nf .-t s:unplo of vhi(;h is: illi(r iron (i7.2i) I i.So fhorus. .(M)7 liiuii .000 by the milt and millions of cortis ee. (^(mijiany pi iposes, in three years ii8 fall to brild tiic line to Lake n. From tlere out to Lake Si. to the lignite eoal beds and to the River, they will be largel\' ^l by the \ ishew of the (^overn- tlie lengti of this nnrt of railway iiiles. :.ompany looks to !'. A. Rurriss, efatigable, (arne.st Dominion tJov- t flpeeial eoonization agent, t > ti;e S.S Adeline Sehimelmann, to tlie Hins of Ontaioand to the tnnbci- sons of (j.uelee, for s<-tf ler.'* to ina!;e sent wilderre'fs in a few years into he finest parts of Canada. railway eon pany proposes to givo thtee settkrs on every ten miles lie. a wood ul|) company is Iteing formed to use Jeniaon's cheaj) water j)ower and spruce timljer from along the line of this railway. A marble i;oni- pany has made a])plication for it,s «harter. .V developmem company is now undiM- ojieration. Contracts have ()een entered into with (;omj.ianies and citizens of Fort William and Port xUthur, for the haulage of .j,0<)U ( "iilh of Mixxl pur uiiiiiiiii. ami llif*r ]lll^ti^•^ iiavB lieeii boiunl flo\in to purrlia^' tlioif uoo(l as mncli hh pui^hihlc (roiu .••■fUlfrs idong tliB liiiL' .'111(1 flic raihvtiv compJiiiN lias !i voice in the [mats \:i lie ji,ii(l to liic .settlers for l,lieir wood. Other contruots liavo been uiiidf.' i'ltv tiic liauliige of ticH, timber uiul Ioe^.s. A (•(in- I lact ha.'i alni) b{>oii fiitciod inln :<() tlial iiiOist of thiM;nr.i of the rcinpaiiy will lie made liei'i*. Contraois hnvc bo-n n visitefl \\r su]iposc liy t<>n million [xniple anrl it can't hold a candle t.o our chine.se wall, which deserves to be ranked as out; of the won- ders of tho world. vs .\ ricxic .\xn 'I'orHtsr koi'tk After wonders of the M-orld, is beautiful Lake Nipigon, a sheet of water .")0x8O miles with over .V)0 islands and islet.s, to- day, the be.st rod speekleni ti'oat fiahin^ ground ill the world. The •'<>m|itK petiticMicfl the<>nt;irio ( iovernment apart Lake N'ipigon and its trib following out their Alironquin jjari as The N'ipifroii i'roviniial Fishinji Let tlie license fees he modei-ato. F rules stringent and in a few years. .•j»!e many of th<> islets of Ljike N where there aic no flies, adorne snminei' cottages and |xtlatial fiehiii housi^s. while t;ie little and big sail boats, row boats and cauops. v three months in the summer. a.« making the lakt . if possible, more fill. The wealthy class «>f America be attracted to our midst; they wi a million dollars a yeai' in Cana<'la for theii' (.'anadian summei outing. Sir M'illiam VanHornt; says, it may mean.s of their investing some o millions in buildin-ood house, 22x2l). witli •J2 kitchen; horse stable 22x2 stable 2SxoO: Uirn .SOx-'iO; r(M)thou.s« en house and pig house. I hav )>urc.hased 820 acres adjoining. acres in the Township of (~lliver. on tiiere is a house and staljle. I iiav farm for myself and one for each f)oys. 1 liave (J8 aei'es cleai'tjd. six fourteen milch cows, eight othei twehc pigs, chickens and all then farming utensils. With two tea one hired man 1 am making .S12 .selling wood. My )>ro[M'rty, i personal, is woith .Sti.T'Mt. 1 havi the bank nvuly fix- my next paynit I owe i^SOO. 'I'his coimtry is go and p til I'd his report. NOW FOR THE PRC Dr. Rell of tln« (ieologieal Sul V/ n- wcirlil. 'I'lir i'i>iii|witiy lias Iw ( lutiiiio < iovt^rmnont to sol \i)jillars a year in C'anu<^la to |iay nadian suinmci- oiitinor, and us fi N'anll'iriu; suys, it may be the leir invest int,'- some of their >uildinij n\> indiist:ics with um tiial fjood. )(■ man ha*-' done I'thers ejin It L\ri,.\MT:'s K\rKKiEN< K. years of a<;p. 1 went from .*^t. ar Montreal, in the Province of P(Mnbroke, anij; house. I bav^ since ."VJtl aisles iidjoininiLi. and Ifio e Township of Oliver, on which bouse, and stable. I have now a yselfandone for each of the live (iS acres cleared, six horses lilch coM-s. eiijht other cattle. s, chickens anfl all the necet^sary (Misils. With two teams and man I am makin<; .S12 j)er da,\ lod. My ]>ro{M'rty, real and s worth S().7.") in I'afly fiw my next |wynjent. and 1. 'i'his coiintrv i.s jrt"Hvl enono-li .\ AVIKK L.Xn.ANTK. thur, .Ian. II, ISW. npany is iiady to the mlvt nt of spriiiLT- plans, profiles, etc.. *t twenty mile.~ and the tie?* have tractfxl for. The eom]xiny's las been over the line t."> Ijike la.s made his inaj) and plan .oid sport. 37 FOR THE PROOF ' lofth« < itfolojjic-ul Surrey Dt- cotnmem-e The ctin are readv parinii:ii( »ay.--: '■Thi.' -tiipply of spiiic#*i pnlp-woocl no'.ind Lake Niniijon ••ud \icinity. is fn'acticaily iiK'xhaustable."" Dr. Seh^yii .siiys, ill the iipoit of tlm Ontario Poyal f 'omniission. !ia<.'e tW: •There is iron on the north shore of Lukf Ni|ji, seen specimens of it : it is a slaty hem- atite." Peter McKellai' say-:, nil iKijje -^J. that. he found a deposit of hematite ore, on Lak«; Nii)ig'on near Stiiijjeon Hiver. I'aj^c ;iH, same report suys: — ••('omi>act- iiinestones and grey .sandstones are found under these traps in several places (arouufi Lake Xipigon). -A mas.sivo rock, but of a similar litholojjical cliaractei', octaipie.* the lake shoi'c fifim Nipifion ffo'ise to EnjjlUsh Bax', a distance of three miles. Ke-seinble?* the formation of the famous Hcn-la and ("laumct, the bigf^est copper mine in the world." ••Thi.s rock resembles the red (juurtzifor- ous )>orphyry, which forms .so many of the [lebbles in the native co[>per beaiin;j con- •i'lomcratcs of the Calumet mine."' Page on, E. H. Barron, Government, exploration work, .says: "1 attach s|)ecial imjwrtance to the (lejw.sits of iron oix-, kaolin, lignite and peat.' Reixirt on tho geology of the Xipigon Di.strict, by Rol>ert Bell". C. E., F. G. 8.. |>age 33.3. '"At tho head of thi.s little rapid, a little brine spring is- formetl on the north of the river bank." Page :531). "The coast line of Lak«- Xijii- gon is .ISO miles." ''Xipigon means. (Ice[). clc;ir water lake." Page ol."(, ■•There are over .">0O island.^ in the lake." Page 342, ''The limestone runs along the shore atCook'.s Point for one mile; it n.^es I.') oi- "JO feet above the water." Page 343. "Th(M]uart/. laycr.s ca-.ry c-op- per pyrites." Page 344, "The Ombaliika flows through a level country." ••The soil i.s excellent Ixnng a darkeolor- i-<\ crumbling loam, free from l>oulders." Page 340, ••The .sand stones are light colored and soft. The tiap is overlaid by compact argillaccou.s magne-sian limestone. Tht- .same olive green limestone oceurs again on Chief".s Ba_\." I'age 347, "Grey, red. darker and lighter gieen and tnottlcd .s,iiidst*)iie and a .soft '.\hite marly limcsfone anri more u]i the river 13 mil(\s." Page 34S. ••fluds'iivs Bay Go's fariu.^ Pago 340. "More giey limestone. ' Page 3.">0,"Red nuirls, shales, .sjind.«toiie.'* Inick lefl quartziferou.'j porphyry." Pagx; 357, "Upper liearinjj copper rocks." T*ayc o,").'!, "IJiiK'stone.t, very pure, soft aiul porous. Minf olive , "liliuk Stm<;(;oi).- -Good ?>:Midj' soil iiiuloiluid witli (!lay. For titty miles huid is itivd :md scil yeiKTullv t'l.M • til.'. "'i'lif Indians ii'|)it'StMit llu' ;iu(iil liiiid us (!ontinuin<^ ncni'ly to Wiiini|M'U' rivt-r, (inn mill's). "Hill-- soil ^cncially i^.kkI, liidw iiisli loam. ■'CoiisicU'ialilt' area <^()od land arnuud South and Mcluiyic Bay. "On I'asli ko Ka;i!in, tlic luamy lianks ar.' -idft }n.:;li." Page ;{.")(». K.al)itiiti(|uia Itiver, livt; miles wide open ni;ir;^in <'aeli side eoveri^il \s ith grass, tVt.'e tVoni stnnes. nearly ready for plow." Page 8.")(i," Level Iraet extends nortlisvard unknown ilistinee, light eolored eiay. Clay is free from |)eljl)'.es. or grit, light hlue in color, caioarious, sti(.'ky and jjlastie. 'i'lu- .soil is ii dark colored eruml)ling loam. Particles of garnet are ahundant. The elimateof the Nii>igon country ap[)ears to lie as WfU suited for agriculture, as the gi'eater j)ortion of the province' of (^)uel)ec. ('"arming has heen carried on su(;cessfully tor a long time by the Hudson's Bay (Jo. at Ni})igon House. The timber is white spruce, birch, aspen, poplai'. balsam, tir. tamarac, white eedar. black a^h. grey elm, red and white ])ine. Page S.")?. Economic minerals, copper, lead, zinc, silver, nickel, cob.'dt, arsenic, uranium, nuUybdcuum." Sir William Logan says: ".Many pai'ts will sooner or later be important mining regions. " Pagtj ;C).S, "Abundance of red hematite' hard-grained rere ; also at Poplar Lodge and Candy Hivei." Page 3.)! t. S. l(t and I l.CcJ per ■ it nf ('o|)per and 4T.")(» of lead. Page otJH. Ciip|)er jiyrites. purple oie and copper glance. I'age ;U)L'. "Three salt springs." Page !;{().'!. (ukkI brick clay, buihling wtone, slate tili-^. country around The land i.s g(jod I have examined thi Black Sturgeon Lake, for farmin'f purposes; the timber is ex- cellent. I saw ti;)e pine and spruce for- ests. 1 discovered what I believe to be a large (|uantity of si)ecular iron ore, the samples assayed: ferrous ox. 07.02; tit, .<)!); sulp, .00; plios, .00; t'us is a high grade besseuier ore. 1 tilled a three rpiart tin pail at night at; one of the brine springs; next morning there was over a «piartor of an inch of salt on the if the pail. Yours truly H. A. bottom Wll,lCY.- I was on the C. P. R. surve; and '74 between Lake Nipii Luke and Ignace. South anc Lake Nipigon there is much and splendid spruce; farther found what we called "the Chin a great white vein from 50 to wide, standing up in places liki much so that the party could over it, but had to go round. Iguace the country was not so Yours trul Port Arthur, Feby i I have examined tlu dist west of Lake Nipigon ami Sturgeon Ijake. Tliero is scat! pine on the east and west side i.s well tiud)ered with spm tamarac and poplar, there anujunt of level land, mostly 1 well suited for farming. In ndneral indications are good, no tiuie to examine into their.. I reniiun Fort William, February i 1 know the I'dack Sturgeoi: Lake ciuiutry fairly well. 1st former; in this vicinity there siderable amount of good fan well wooded with spruce, pit birch ai.d tamarac. From Do Nipigon, there is iron ore, coj asbestos, plumbago, limestone and beautiful building stone, t knowledge. Everyone knows (, great fishing c.ipabilities Yours since Petci Port .\rthur. Out., 15th. ] I am fairly well acipiainti Nipigon Black Sturgeon distri taken out many thousand cor spruce pulp up there. As a territory it is good. It is b( a farming section and very pn mineral region in certain sccti Yours When 1 was fndian agent, Church Mission reserve on Lii lud a scluxjl, a farm and a ga products of the farm and ; brought to the fair at Port Ai ..'were erjually as good as t hibiteu. Wheat ripened well V<>urs ti .). P ^^^^ ti*-.^-^-^'feafe-ta-:^.-*- i - 3 on tho 0. P. R. siirveya iu '73 4 botweeu Lake Nipij^uii, Dog nd Igiiace. South and west of upijijon thoro is much good laud lendid spruce; fiirtber west wtj vlii't wo called "the Chinese Wall," white vein from 50 to 100 foet itandinp; up iu places like a wall, so JO that the parly could not climb , but had to ^'o round. Towards the country was not so <40od. Yours truly W\T. Johnson, Port Arthur, Feby 20, 185)9. ,ve examined tlrj district south- of Lake >iipigon iirnund Black on Ijako. There is scattered white n the east and west side of it. It 11 tiuiliered with spruce, birch, ic and poplar, there is a large t of level land, mostly loamy clay, iited for farming;. In places the d indications are yood, but 1 had le to examine into theai. 1 remain (jROIMiK LUUTJIEJITOIS". oit William, February 2Ist., ]801.>. low the IWack Sturgeon, Nipigon jiMiutry fairly well. I surveyed the r; iu this vicinity there is a con- ble amount of good farming land, 'ooJed with spruce, pine, poplar, ar.d tamarac. From Dog Lake to :)n, there is iron ore, copper, gold, OS, ])lumbago, limestone, sandstone jautiful building stone, to my own edge. Everyone knows of Nipigon's tishing c.ip.ibilities Yours sincerely, Peter McKellar. ort .\rthur. Out., 15th. Feby, 1800. n fairly well ac(iuainted with the on Black Sturgeon district. I have out many thousand cords of good 3 pulp up there. As a spruce pulp :)ry lb is good. It is better still as [ling section and very pioniising as a al region in certain sections. Yours truly, James WiiAr.Ev. len I was Indian agent, the Engli.sh jh Mission reserve on Lake Nipig >n, . school, a farm anil a garden. The lets of the farm and garden were (ht to the fair at *^rt Arthur, (lu-y equally as good as the beat ex-. id. Wheat ripened well there. Ytturs truly, .1. P. Do.SNEM.Y. Murillo, February 18, 16f?3. I urn a fanner. 1 was on tho C. P. 11. survey with Mr. (Jarr's party around Nipigou ami J31ack Sturgeon Lakes in lvS7o. Members of the survey found plumbrtifo. asbesto.i and native silver. The timber, especially t'le spruce, was good. I think I am a judge of land and 1 say that I saw land that for farming purposes is as good as any man could wish for. " Y'nurs truly, .John B-Wknijamo. Fort William, Feb'y IsN 1890, 1 have been hunting, lia()ping and e\-. ploring iu ihi^ country for 40 years. 1 am. well acijuainted with that tract of land between Dog Lake and Lake Nipi- gon. Must of it is well suited for agri- culture; it lies to the morninir sun. Much t)f the farming land is level this side of Black sturgeon, more is hillocky and un>- dulating. There are large areas covered with spruce, mucli white pine in clumps, with oth«r timber in abundance, here and there rock ridges show up. Iron ore is seen at several points I have found native copper and copper ore, and have brought in specimens of many other ores Cariboo plentiful on account of the many salt licks. Limestone building stone and <.'ranite is ,here in plenty, marble pre- dominates, it is of many colors. But yood farming lands well timbered with spruce is the chief factor of that particular section. I remain, John Pi:.nassii;, Oi'KicK OK Count DeLarondk Nipigon, Ontario, February Klfh., 1899. r. F. Bl-kk. Esq. Port Arthur, Oi^tario. Dp:ar Sir; I was for many years an officer for the Hudson Bay Co. I lived for iU years at the Hudson Bay Go's post on Lake Nipi- gon. VV'e had a farm garden there in which we raiseil successfully many ki-.ds of produce. Corn and tomatoes alwajs ripened with us. The frost never did us any harm. I have heard of the salt springs; tho Indians have made salt from them, but the company never did as it was easier to sjet nalt from tho company's post at Nipigon Bay. Them are larg» tracts of farming land, big area of timber and many pn mising »nineral veins around lake Nipig'Jii. An Indian once brought me some ^'ood sized chunks of coal which he claimed camis from the height of land north of tho lake, I have seou sampits 1 I if ^at appeaiBil to be guoil iron ore, and liavo been toUl that thero wixn plenty 'if it in the iioiu'hhorhooil of LaUo Nipmoii. I iu'ckI say iiothinij ab?)Ut the fish— orery iiue knows tliat Liku Nipii^on uii'l its waters teem with liah. I roniani. Duar Sir. Yours reapectfuUy Henry DoLaiondo. OiiAWA, iSth February iHW. I). K. I'.urk, K-q. I'uit Ai'tliuf, DevrSii;: Fii reply ti> yiiur re(|uest tuj^ivo yuii a .sliort {general slateiuent as to tiis j^eiieral character ami the possiblo resources of the country lyirij,' to the .vest mM houiIi-' west of J^'ike Nipi^jjon, I wonUl«iy that m the course of my I'xplorations'ui the rei,'ion referred to, I found much uood land rilon^ tilt) var.ons rivers I ascended in this disti ict and also to the west of lUack Sturgeon J^ake and ><{ the u]ipi'r put of Black Sturgeon River. Although in some parts thi! surface is brjken by rocks, in other-* fliere are considerablo tracts of ;_'ood li.aniy «oil suitaKlo for crops of all kinds, lieaides much land which could he us fi for stockrai^int;. rin; decay f trict in ijeneritl c.)>)sist8 piiucijially of spruce, tamarac, banksian I'ine, white bircli, p"pl,n', t)alsain, cedar, t;tc, but there is also some white and led pine. Much "if the spruce is Iar<,'e onoujih to bo sawn into j^ood lumber and there is here an enoimous supply for the manufacture of p;i)jer pulp. The tamarac will att'ord the best of railway ties, which mij^dit be exported i.i lai'u'e ((Uantities, aud a!l the (^ther kinds of wood will have their uses i f the district should be o[)ened up by a railway. As to minerals, there is a pros^ pect for iron, coppi^r and sil'er ores. iTiacjiiesian liinostono, belon^dii!,' to the NipiijriM tormation, occurs rhei'o. Tlic llat-lyin-^ red marls of the CamVirian system are hir^t^Iy developed in that tract drained by the upper part of the Black .Stursieon lliver and they are al3> found to tlie west of Like Nipi>i,'eon is 8Uj)> posed to have its oriuion in these marls. If the bfautiful brown uandstone of Mipi- y,on Hoii.'ie should be found in situ, it nii^ht pay to exp/nl it as a, high class buildiu^ Rtf liikp. River, and Ulack StniLteon Lake to Sru''u'eon liay. I returned by Crul I'ashkokouiin River, the Heii^ht of Iron Lake, Do;.' Lake, Red liiver and town-'hip McLityre. T!iu Current River muti^ is From Dou' Lake to I'.lack 8tur. lie «)\ 01- the roiitu of Thunder )ii it 8i. Joe Ry, after guther- t8 luid Htiuistics, :ia I c:>uld at l;U l)ep!irttn rmition possible as bility of the construction of :i . and the natural products lonu' the li'K". wijich wuuhl esi for the railway. Nioitjon Luke, \''a 'r'ort Ar- nt River, DoLf Likf, Burk Ulack Stnryeon L'^ke to Black . ly. I returned by Gull Bay, 111 liiver, tlie liei;,'ht of Luk', D..L' Lake, U-d Itiver Road* lip Mclntyre. rrent River route is r'oui ifialy.sis of it. by J'rofessor ire mimbeis of brine springs ake Xipit^oi), as well ns any f lime sione and valuable build- larry 3t\d, lead and copper d, as well as asbestos, mica and mica rock, suitable for making iig. oxide of iron, or Indian n d lundant, as well as iron ore. Indians got a sample north of 1 enclose eo|)y of its analysis or Hille. ire several curious streams, : rivers by the Indians, where luii white and in tUe beds of i»le can be easily shovi'd down H-. two or three miles of a slate very valuable for ballast paint, ing and bricks. There are aci! deposits of s-pathic iron he usual low grade, «o useful {o local furnace*, as well an clay, red sandstone and aand. But the orownin<; beauty of this section in its farmiuK lands, most all of which are covered with valit> able timber, which will pay lor the clear- ini< and make a living for the settler as h? makes a farm. North, west and south of Lake Nipigon there are 3,000,000 acres, two million of which arc suitable for a^ris culture. The only laid I know of which equals parts of it. is that of tiie famous Rainy River Valley which I e.xamined ten- years ago. Lake Nipigon in 244 feet over Lake Superior. There is on it a Hudson's Bay Post, with a farm and garden, of which Count DeLaRonde. who was factor for years, says:— "For 111 years, the farm and garden was never injured by frost, and corn and tomatoes always ripened when planted by us. The Indians used to make salt from the brine springs, which they used with their food and to salt Hsh for winter use." The English Church has a mission, school and farm garden, on the lake. The Indians have reserves and many gardens. I got potatoes, meat and Hsh from them, all home product. Nipigon Lake and all the surrounding lakes and rivers, are full of fish. The big lake 80 TC niles, is teeming with lake trout, white Hsh and speckled troVit, and ■ <.s in it over 500 islands. I know of no place in the world that c(|Uals it for a Provincial Fishing Park. The supplying of the summer tourists, iishing campers, clubbers and cottagers, should be worth in a few years, a million dollars per annum, to Ontario, and it should be the first duty of the railway company to urge npon the Ontario government en- actment, of suitable laws and regulations, while the settlers should have tree tish for their own household use. This district could easily furnish a traiii load of spruce pulp-wood per day tc the pulp company on Thunder Bay, that will use the cheap water power that Jenison is oftering. The marble with 5 per cent of iron in it, might be erjually valuable with the pure linestone for makin<^ flux for the iron furnaces This is the only Riiown section of this pare of Algoma that pro- duces limt-ntone. A cojonizitinii railway can be built, with ea«v GUI Ves ani pulp^ wood supply is pramciJlIy inexhauatable. I have been a railway tiatiuietir for t)ver 20 years and have stumi ar, 8*»ction of Canada that promises M» well for railway traffic and is so suilsMf fot cuionization. Fully 95 per cent of il>« Iu.ad al-jni^ the line of the railway in iLHi*»r. C. E. Scune yeara ago 1 hmi. * Cradiiig pont on Sturf^eon L\k« Aoi Indian gave uie a piece of weather bflsOiKS euni, about us larye as my fist, wbkfti IW claimed came from the shores of » IkJte on the other side of the height of laaiij. from Sturgeon Lake, on the head wui'tir* <>i a stream running intd J-iaK? Sr. Joe. The c lal burned well and left wnilhr i small white a.sh, with IK) chnkei*. Il came from a fiiur foot vein, w]th h ^ ft. and 18 in. vein ov«r it. PoBT Acsmtr*, Jan. tiSrd. OJ). D. F. Burk, Epq. Dear Sir: — 1 bur* juliahed six ditlVr- ent samples of maiblte mmni one of granite which were found alwatg nS* line of the Thunder Bay, Nepieffloi Jk iSr. .foe rail- way. The marblen m* liiffcsrent colors. They dtess and pi>li«3ii unril. They are equal, and I believe ♦^Jllj)^^ffl>>^. to those our firm imp >rted fi'fKUi Vttrmont, U.S. They are easily wvikitii. Cake a !{<>"d polish and present A tb»taiitiful appear- ance. The tfranit*' i« a rich dark i^rey, and will be suitable ivv laaany purposes. It is equal to the tir>:' xr*de» of Scotch granite our firm itnjuov*'* ouid is easily worked. Y(iurH reBfiBprfaJiry J. A. Da:"s-«)'.tLB, Marbl!*' *nd /ranite cut- ticir, loii^ TTaoropson «& Co. M«3%<3n>, Bviuidon. PoHT AKTurE, Mb»B.^ Feb. 4th '98 Mr. D.F. Bulk. P irt A rlbur D'-ar Sir.— Ill reply to yooi iti^iutae as to the char- acter of the counti'T ttMvir«en Do|{ Lake and Lake Xipigou. I ibiu pleased to lu>te : First, that tlie iw-BAtTiry is* very favor- able to the corislrttttJvO l -a railmad. Second that mich a roa4 will paw through a countr)- for its entire lengUi that is valuable for mineral, stone, tiui^ ber and farmine lands, — beiutf weil watered and for the most part well tims bered. Passing north and east fn»m D'>i/ Lake to Lake Nipi^^on, the country ii* moderately hilly for 15 miiea, slopin« gradually to the north aud east; aftor the 16 mile point is reached, the country seems to flatten out into table knd.H m throe steppes, or levels of about I'JC feet each. These table lauds are oovoned with a thick growth of spruce and taui^ arac, and other soft wood, with an occosirjiial belt of pino, whijh in some caso-s is several nnlos acro^ri. Trie land on these benches w usually a dark sundy loam and clay, and ia esp-ci.illy .kdc.p'..d t(f the rai«in<» o^ small L'!i;in.). aii I v li; n opened up i.s surticient in .iiva to provide homes for thiiusands of fanners. The forests of timoer and the leauy n) ikirt at hand, will provide winder wo;k lo; the farmers, and tho product'? of th^ farm will always find a rendy mjir'set in the I'VRing camps and luinint; caraps nenr at hand. The whole country stems 'o be one of the most favored spots in Canada for settlera. There are three distinct mineral belts crosbint* the route at the break between the stcppos or different levels, all of which wiil in tho near future be worked I'Xteiisively. The production of precious metals will soon b»:C'iiiie a great induatry. Charcoal and wood for charcoal, will become a lireat industry in the near future, and will find a ivady market to be used in the snieltini; of tho large depotsiis ot it on ore found aloiig the line, for the snuliing aud crushiilj of ores and f