carry a growth of jack-pine, the only trace of the original spruce forest
being a few burnt stumps and scattered clumps of timber along the water-
courses.

Other than a block of 41% square miles 7 miles north-westerly from
Fort St. James, from 1 to 3 miles south of the lake, the surveys near
Pinchi Lake are near the westerly end. The north-east shore of Stuart
Lake is unsurveyed from within a mile or two from Fort St. James to
vicinity of Pinchi Creek, a swift stream 6 miles long, with a direct fall
of 18 feet 4 miles up, which empties Pinchi Lake to Stuart Lake, which
lies at 100 feet lower altitude. An Indian village with a small Indian
store is located at the creek-mouth.

There are several small flats on Pinchi Lake, but these are limited
in extent. Except at the eastern end and outlet of Pinchi River, the lake
is surrounded by low rocky hills and there is not much land of value.
On the north side several small flats exist, limited in extent.

From Pinchi Creek a block of surveys extends to Kuzkwa River,
which drains Tezzeron Lake to Tachi River. The north-east shore of
Stuart Lake from Pinchi Village to Tachi River is mainly poplar country
and, excepting a few isolated buttes and ridges, fairly flat country
running back about 15 miles, and thence extending north-westerly
between Inzana and Kazchek Lakes. F. A. Devereux, B.C.L.S., in 1910
said: ‘“ About 13,000 acres of very good land were laid out on the Tachi
River and about 1,500 on Trembleur Lake, most of which is densely
wooded with the usual growth of the country.”

Directly north of Tezzeron Lake the country is broken and of little
value; but along Inzana Creek the land is exceptionally good, and it is
estimated that about 90,000 acres of good agricultural land, undulating,
burnt clean and reforesting with willow and poplar, can be found here-
about. Northward the country between here and Nation Lakes is
undulating, has numerous lakes, and from report contains some good
agricultural areas.

Middle River, which connects Trembleur and Takla Lakes, drains a
valley 2 to 6 miles wide, rolling country broken by rocky hills and ridges.
Soil is almost entirely light sandy loam, growing small poplar, pine,
spruce, and willow. The valley is wide at the south end, narrowing
toward Takla Lake. Middle River is a sluggish stream with little
current, falling only a few feet between Takla and Trembleur Lakes.
The south side of the river has been swept by fire and is covered with
heavy windfalls and thick growth of small pine.

The country around the south end of Takla Lake is rough and rocky,
except for a tract of fairly flat land along the north-east shore, 7,000 to
&,000 acres; burnt over, with little timber, chiefly small poplar and pine,
with patches of thick willow. Soil is sandy loam, with occasional ridges
of gravel. The south-west shore is steep, with heavy growth of spruce
and balsam. Numerous small streams running into Middle River and
Takla Lake, nearly all dry in the late summer.

Thirteen.