Forr Fraser Division. 7

Township 17.

“Most of Township 17 south of the river is rough, somewhat rocky land.
North of the river and close to it there is some good land, lightly timbered, and a
few fairly good sections farther back. The larger part of Township 16 north of
the river is rough, rolling land covered with small jack-pine and some small poplar
and spruce. Fires have swept over most of it and, though in a large part of it the
subsoil is a clayey silt, the top mould has been burned off. Sandy hills and ridges
cross it in many places, especially along the northern side. Though there is a
narrow strip close to the river on the south side of somewhat rocky land, yet this
side contains considerable fine land. It is fairly level, with a gentle northern slope.

Township 15.

“Practically six sections lie to the north of the Upper Nechako in Vownship 15.
Close to the river the land is light, but farther back is very fair. In Section 26 of

- this township lies Fort Fraser, one of the new townsites along the Grand Trunk

Pacific. The railway crosses the river quite close to the townsite. About a mile
south of the river in this township the country becomes mountainous, and the inter-
yening area seems quite sandy and covered mostly with jack-pine. Though the
writers could not cross the river for a closer inspection, it does not appear to be of
much yalue, agriculturally at least.

Township 14.

“A large part of Township 14 is splendid land. The north-west corner is some-
what rough, containing a few rocky bluffs, and on the south side along the river
from Section 19 to Section 3 is a sandy area from one to one and a half miles wide
that is of little agricultural value. A number of small spruce-swamps are found
along the river in this part. The remainder of the south side—i.e., in the vicinity
of Marten Lake—is gently rolling land, covered with small poplar and scattering
pine and spruce from a few inches up to a foot or more in diameter. The rest of
the township seems fairly level, with occasional open patches, and two small lakes
surrounded by large meadows.

Townships 4 and 9 and 5 and 10.

“The boundary survey-line between Townships 4 and 9 was travelled the full
length and for some miles between Townships 5 and 10. West of this line to the
river, and for two miles east of this boundary-line, lies rather level land, though
slightly rolling in places. There is practically none of it open, but it is very similar
to that in the south-east part of Township 14. Most of it would cost about $60 per
acre to clear. ‘The soil varies from light sand to rich, clayey silt, and is somewhat
rocky in places. No canoes were available, so that part of Township 9 west of the
Upper Nechako and Township 11 were not visited. They appear, however, much like
the area just described, and it is likely the soil in both is much the same.

South of Township 9.

“ Just south of Township 9 and south of the west part of Township 4 the country
becomes more rolling, and is covered with a dense growth of slender jack-pine, while
the soil becomes so rocky as to be untillable. Township 5 is very similar, with the
exception of a few sections in the north-eastern corner, which is quite level, covered

with small poplar almost exclusively, and with a silt soil.

Township 3 and East of Township 4.

“The western part of Township 4 has already been described. The remainder
of this township with Township 3 constitutes one of the finest areas of the whole
yalley. That part surrounding the west end of Tachic Lake, and between Tachic
and Nulki Lakes, including the Stony Creek Indian Reserve No. 1, is all quite level.

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