. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1914, F LANDS, FORESTS AXD MINES. 133 I agricultural section, the soil chiefly clay aud clay loam, level or gently rolling withfew rock outcrops. Here and there muskegs are met with or large tamarac swampsbut all of them can with a reasonable amount of expenditure be drained and madegood farm lands. Most of the valuable timber has in the last twenty-five yearsbeen cut ofl:*, either for railway ties, telegraph poles, piling or saw logs, in thetownships within twelve miles of the Eainy Eiver. Here and there an occasionalfarm i-; still well timbered, aud in eve
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1914, F LANDS, FORESTS AXD MINES. 133 I agricultural section, the soil chiefly clay aud clay loam, level or gently rolling withfew rock outcrops. Here and there muskegs are met with or large tamarac swampsbut all of them can with a reasonable amount of expenditure be drained and madegood farm lands. Most of the valuable timber has in the last twenty-five yearsbeen cut ofl:*, either for railway ties, telegraph poles, piling or saw logs, in thetownships within twelve miles of the Eainy Eiver. Here and there an occasionalfarm i-; still well timbered, aud in every instance there is sufficient timber left forfuel and for building purposes for the settlers for many years to come. In 1897 and again in 1909 two very destructive fires swept over parts of thevalley. The first fire crossed the river from Minnesota, near Stratton, and. almostcompletely destroyed the timber on several townships in that locality. Later on,in 1909, a similar fire crossed the river from Beaudet and Spooner, on the American. Shevelin & Clarkes Saw Mills at Fort Frances. Capacity, 750,000 feet per day. side, entering Ontario at the town of Eainy Eiver and swept in a northerly andnorth-easterly direction over a very large area. Much of the country swept over bythese two fires was left in a condition almost ready for the plough. The deep muskegs^before these fires occurred gave to the country the appearance that it would neverbe suitable for agricultural purposes; these swamp lands, owing to the burning ofthe muskeg, have had an opportunity of draining, and are now some of the best farm-ing lands in the valley. Almost every lot along the Trunk Eoad between PertFrances and Eainy Eiver has been located. Large clearings have been made inmany instances and first class buildings constructed, the country has every ap-pearance of being a prosperous agricultural settlement. These remarks apply to the townships fronting on the river and adjacentto the line of the Canadian Nor
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