. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forcslrij Journal, December, 1917 1427 trial. Our rangers issued ;58(S() Per- mits and no serious opj)Osiiion was encountered. Fire Statistics for 1917. 1. Number of Fires: May 441 June 317 July 152 Aug 115 Sept 66 Total 1,091 per cent, did not exceed 5 acres. 2. Causes of Fires:— Settlers 91 Camp Fires 98 Railways 54i Lightning 28 Indians 54 Logging Operations 45 Miscellaneous 40 Unknown 19 A Total .1,091 Areas Burned 3. ? Timberland, mainly conifer- ous, 71,910 Timberland, mainly hard- wood 110 Cutover, so
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forcslrij Journal, December, 1917 1427 trial. Our rangers issued ;58(S() Per- mits and no serious opj)Osiiion was encountered. Fire Statistics for 1917. 1. Number of Fires: May 441 June 317 July 152 Aug 115 Sept 66 Total 1,091 per cent, did not exceed 5 acres. 2. Causes of Fires:— Settlers 91 Camp Fires 98 Railways 54i Lightning 28 Indians 54 Logging Operations 45 Miscellaneous 40 Unknown 19 A Total .1,091 Areas Burned 3. ? Timberland, mainly conifer- ous, 71,910 Timberland, mainly hard- wood 110 Cutover, some coniferous timber left 148,368 (aitover, some hardwood timber left 2,160 Young growth, mainly coni- ferous 60,625 Young growth, mainly hard- wood 13,202 Barren 82,922 Grassland : 2,332 Total 381,629 4. Ft. 15,278,000 Cords 90,446 Ties 781,685 Posts 150 Poles 125 5. Private property $ The forest region of Ontario over which our organization has jurisdic- tion covers an area of over 100,000,000 acres. The greater part of this region is covered with coniferous growth. Large areas have been cut over leav- ing inflammable slash. Three trans- continental railways pass through this territory over one thousand miles in length opening it to prospector, timber cruiser and scattered settle- ment bringing in their wake pro- blems of fire protection. Over 4,000 miles of railways cut through this forest Wilson Avenue, St. Thomas—See Note, page Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Forestry Association. [Ottawa] : Canadian Forestry Association
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