This tewrship is high rolling land, ent up
by the Pouce-Coupe river anc its tributaries. The sur-
face is a series of hilis from 50 toe 200 feet in height,
mostly covered with thick alder, birch ani spruce. ‘The
soil is generally 1 inch ef humus and < inehes of sandy
loam with a sandy loam to a slay loam subsoil. The higher
ridges show boulders near the surface and here the soil is
very light. Three settlers are located in sections 13
and 14. The land in sections 19, 2 and Sl has also been
file& ons ‘The homesteaders in the eastern part of the town-
ship, when visiteé,were hauling logs and intenédsd putting
better buildings upe However, they had very Little ef their
holdings under cultivation. Access te this part of the town-
ship is by means of a poor wagon treil leading to the easter-
ly part of the main settlement, section 19 of the township
to the north. Also a psex treil follows along the river to
the settlement in the western part of the township. From
there a fair weson trail leads to rouce-Coupe, a small town
in section 22 of the township to the west. Section 19 is
lightly timbered with scrub poplar and willow tut is fairly
rough. Sections 30 and 21 are covered with a medium stand
of poplar and willow and afferé good pastures. With the
exeeption of these small areas which lie in valleys of the
Peuce-Coupe river and of a smaller streas emptying into it,
the land throughout is unfit for agriculture. A large swamp
eovered with spruce and tamarack lies in sections 26, 35 am
36. The remaining portions on account of the dense brush are
not even suitable for grazing purposes. ‘The vrouce-Coupe
proposed forest reserve oecupies the northerly two tiers
of sections east of sections © and Zl and alse sections 1
and 2. In my opinion this land is only suitable for re-
forestation purposes.