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REPORT 
 
 ON TUB 
 
 'TTAWA AND PONTIAC 
 
 C^Or^ONlZA^JION ROiVDs. 
 
 
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 WORKS UNDER AVVRoPRlATION FOR 1861. 
 
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 |)iiicri|>tii)n i>l (linvi'L'iit clayxo <<r It<'!iil work a|>plii'alilr to Coloiiizutlou Uoii(l>, with remarks ou 
 
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 I'licniii;; of Uoail, Hull oii iliu (ialiiivau to Ituwiuaii iri tlic II. .lux Lii'vrcn !•"' 
 
 fiiiiruclor ul' (.'oiiutv.v uii H. mix Li«'•^^l.'^' ••> 
 
 Dii. iin Lower It., IJlaiiclic, ami prop'isiil UoaiU lo o|ir!ii ^uoj lauds in Derry, Ai'.,, 'fl 
 
 |l'i"|io?cd Kiiail ill I'oiilcl'rait, lietwccii Ciailonjio auj lilack llivcr. dcseripliun of laud 
 
 Pruiicifi'il liridsc ovor Rivrr (.'oulungc IT 
 
 p'l 'jiojcd completion ol' main Giitiiieuu lload lo I lo Uiver Hcorl,— importance of it, — great 
 
 revenue Ironi the Uiver (iatlneaii 1^ 
 
 |I>o!cripliun o| this Rnail liy Section', niid rstimated ro-'t of making it 1^ 
 
 ll'MfM.pMcl loiitinualioii of it f.iv ,'SettUinent 20 
 
 ll'iHTiptiou <if' (iatincau Couutr.v ii--< a Held I'or Settlement 20 
 
 |or the (treat Northern Valley of the Uppur Ottawa Viehiml it. ni- A". <l 20 
 
 [ll-Mpitiilailon nf propoM'd further Wurkc 21 
 
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 |l3>l!ain, along the 
 
 Wk in the town 
 
 jlly admitting of si 
 
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 Mm anb |pon(iac (Colonisation ^mh. 
 
 Chown Timber ()ff»ck, 
 
 Ottawa, 27ll> iMarch, 1862. 
 
 j'lR,— I f>ln)uld Iiuve had the honor, at an earlier diito, of reporting on the progre».« 
 |Ut scuiiODB works on the Colonization Uuads in iho Counties of Ottawa and I'onliac, 
 
 sted to uiy cliarge, had it not been that the unavoidably late eoninienccniont of some 
 |h> ffurkij carried them ikr intu the winter ; and that unexpected difiieultics in coinpila- 
 
 , and other causes beyond my control delayed the preparation of such a map of thr 
 Intry nortli of the Ottawa, as seemed necessary to shew in a satisfactory manner the 
 \i<U forming the subject of report and the surveyed Townships they arc designed to 
 
 i to, or through which they pass. 
 
 The works to be reported upon are of two eluHscs; the works performed under the ap- 
 Lriation of 010,000 for the Counties of Ottawa and Pontiae for the year 1861, and those 
 fi in expenditure of the remaining appropriations of former years. 
 
 The works under the appropriations for the year 1801 consist of — 
 
 Ist. Tho making of ten miles of the Oatincau and Coulongc road in the township of 
 r. 
 
 1di\. The improvement of the Thoruo road, and tho making of three miles in contin- 
 Itiiiiiof it, leading to the Gatineau and Coulongc road, in tho township of Leslie. 
 
 ofd. The building and repair of bridges on tiie Gatineau and Desert Koad. 
 
 The works under remaining appropriations of former years arc — 
 
 1st. The opening of the Onslow and Masham road. 
 
 '.'nd. The improvement of the front road in the lower part of I'ontiai; 
 
 3rd. The opening of the Eardly and Mashaiu road. 
 
 4th. Works on the front road in tho upper part of the County - f Pontiae. 
 
 Tlie Gatineau and Coulonge roud was originally projected, and traced in the field by 
 |f.-srs. Bouchette and Aylen, from the Puagan Falls on the river Gatineau, about thirty- 
 ; miles above its mouth, to the settlements on the Ottawa at the mouth of the river 
 loulonge, a distance of forty-nine miles; passing successively through the central part of 
 |e township of Low, the front of Cawood, penerully along the line between Leslie and 
 oorae, along the rear of Litchfield and through the south-east corner of Mansfield. 
 
 Tue ten miles of it contracted for, and very nearly completed, extend from the main 
 [tad on the Gutineuu into the last range of the township of Low. It is the most impor- 
 ut jart uf the whole line, not only because it passes through the best land upon ir, but 
 I'D because it gives access to the road line traced northward from the river Peche in 
 lasbam, along the rear ranges of the townships of Low and Aylwin, to the river Pick- 
 Kk in the township of Wright, which passes through the greatest extent of land geuer- 
 111) admitting of settlement that there is in the lower part of the valley of the Gatinea«. 
 
 The intersection of these two roads therefore forms a point from which settlement 
 Biis could most advantageously bo opened extending northward, southward and westward, 
 'sillbft fjirther explained in proposing the works most immsdistdy seryicesbie for the 
 Bluing season. The greater usefulness in this manner of the first part of the Gatineau 
 ltd Coulongc road became a reason for making it in ii more tbornugn manner than might 
 'necessary in the case of a less important road. 
 
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 wti.Muii of Thirtic. Ily (ioin« s... and 
 ir of liif ' !iold, up botwciii the riren* 
 
 I ukf, which leadn iiurlhwnrd through tlio lovvri.ihii 
 iuniin)i; nortliwnrd from tho oa^t part of the roar 
 np- ard I'ickonock, whoio sovpitti luiiibpr pxpJoiorM had reported that thorn wu» 
 
 apimrontlv good hardwood land, it was thoiijiht that a great hi^jliway eoubl be pio- 
 , having the very iiiinortnnt advnntag.' of beiii*? alii(o an advunlagi'ous road r„i set- 
 iit to an indefinitely large rxtent, and a very usoful inlet for the UiniberorM on tin. 
 
 Coulnnge and I'ieknnock, whotte expenditure for lUriu produre and team liirH would 
 
 achto sncournge and auntain sottlonient. More recent information, however, tending 
 
 1,'W that the soil of the seemingly fhvorable hardwood land, in that direction was t(M> 
 
 IN- to admit of tho formation of prosperous •.rttlemenit, rendered the proxpeet of fonn- 
 
 jD aJvantagcou.< extcnHive settlement road in that direction loo doubtful to warrant 
 
 lOinmcncemcnf of it on the Hcalc originally intended 
 
 Die idea of oj)OHing the eight miles of the Uutimuu and "ouiouge road in rear of 
 
 irteaiul Lifchheld, on the same ccaie as the tin miles of the eaM end of ii, was thcre- 
 
 alamluned for the present, as it would apparently lead to nothing of importancp ; and 
 
 operations of the past Hcason, there, wore limited to the works on the road through 
 
 iinii' and tin making of part of it. 
 
 Tlieiaiprovumentof the Thoriie road, ineluding the makiiiL' of three miles of it on • 
 <itc. was required to give proper aeoess to the lands on tho west end of the (iatineau 
 
 ('"alonge rond, and to the xettlcmentu that will gradually bof» ed on tracts adjoining 
 
 tli<^ lliward and eastward. This road is tiio natural inlet to these fractH, giving 
 
 jtotliem from the steamboat landing on the Ottawa and the village of Clarembm 
 
 iTf, where the Crown Land Agent's office and the nearest stores for the sujiply of the 
 
 oti} are. It afli) ids a good passage through the lirst range of the l^aiircntian Hills, 
 
 ill skirl the Ottawa aottlemeuts, and are hero met ut the rear of CLirendun ; and it is 
 
 line 111' cominunicalion with tho lundioring ostabli.shmeiits of Messrs. (Jilmour \ Co., on 
 
 I'ickanuik, which together with their roaiU, linve been the chic!" cause of the extension 
 
 <i>itlcmont in this direction. 
 
 The road through Thornc is about niuo miles in length, from the front lu the rear of 
 
 lowDHJiip. The first five miles pass through the range of hill.s above mentioucd. On 
 
 Ls part, the work done consisted in the improvement of long, steep and dangerously rocky 
 
 cuts, reijuiring in parts excavation, and building up with stone, the removal ot rocks, 
 
 oiling, \i., together with '2'.'A feet of mo.*t sub.'^lantial bridging, in three places; with 
 
 le cuttings ami levelling of banks, and uOO feet of hewn causewaying. Of the remaining 
 
 rmile.H, three miles and three chaiu.s of new road were op ;v 1, with a width of sixteen to 
 
 entyfeot; twelve feet wide in tho centre of it, well keiled, after being thoroughly 
 
 bbed and ploughed, 'rhcro are considerable ruttings at ascents uud side hills, u very 
 
 kantial bridge sixty feet in length, and I'lO feet of hewn causewaying. 
 
 riic total expenditure made on the rond in Thorno, otherwise called the Otter Lake 
 *i.i.s §1,047.10. 
 
 -Much of tho work was of an irregular nature that could not be suitably lot by contract 
 111 rciiuired experienced skill. It was dont' by a party of well selected men under tho 
 larjieofMr. dames Mcljarcn of Portage dii Fort, who had formerly executed some very 
 ffii'ult work for me on the Bytown and I'emhroke roiul, with unusual skill and economy, 
 ' lie h;!.- alfio done in the present instance. 
 
 Finding many causeways to bo mnde, and bad rocky hills that would have been very 
 
 wnnive, on tho upper part of the old track, 1 spent two days in exploring and locating 
 
 III throe miles of new road above mentioned instead of it. The site of the new rond is iiti 
 
 eniarkal 'v good as tho other is bad, pas,«es through good land for settlement, which the 
 
 r docs not, and shortens the di.stance one mile for eastward, end two niiloK for westward 
 
 |teve|, on the Gatineau and Coulongo road line, which it intersects at the rear of Thome 
 
 lulso there connects with several lumber and settlement roads, which, as tho country 
 
 Itlim' becomes generally level with a light dry soil, are remarkably good though opened at 
 
 Witliin it radians of six miles of the end of tliis new road, there is much good land for 
 j«ttlement though some of it is atonv, but unless the existence of some considerable extent 
 jw land fit for settlement be definitely ascertained beyond that, nothing of importance can 
 
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 TI.U repair. rni«i,,g\ix- •,,'," r.^',,,/* '^."'""Hted of four Mnall Eu^'v , ^'^" 
 
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 f-ctorv, but no PxnonT. "". '"■"''""■ continual 
 
 further not ce ofT^n' ""■»• ^T >'' ^'"* "'«J*" '•' work un'o,:;."' I"" """''^ '" '">%H 
 
 of Suffolk wUh'vf^^' '^ ''•'.'"'• '" «"'-^«y Huch a Jiie f?" 7* ^ "^ '^diate/jr in J 
 
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 further no.i. ° i-T"?' "'? ''."« -V^^ »>''e„ „.«d^ in wnrS '"""IV"^ ^"' ""^"^ is JuVhly .J 
 
 further' not c7ofT:n I ^^ "^ >'' ^'^'^ "'«J- work unon r ' ?'" ""^''^ '" '">%« 
 
 It has been o,.n. i i , i ' " re u joins the Mashaiii roaJ 
 
 fpet, and a 8ubsta..».vi k m ^"^re are causewars .«„ i * . ^'"""^ remored « 
 
 teo feet in S? on n i?^ •"', '''« «""*' «' ^Vo"f TX 'J^)^" «" .'* """ountiog to :'jt 
 
 of the aettJen. ' '° '"'* ^''^ '^'™«"«!on of the oS^l J/'n t'f^Tu^ T'^'^'y' '^H 
 
 TbA .«":__, .. ^''^^ widened by the statute labor 
 
 The aDDronri«,;n ... widened by the statute labor 
 
"er yearfi, the fol 
 
 OTTAWA AND PONTIAt; COLONIZATION ;iOAO(» « 
 
 Ihe impiovemciit of tho iVont rou'l. in the lower pnrt of I'oiitiic, wur. Jotjo under the 
 opnilion of 81,000 fur timi rond fr.irii the County lino h«»t»vi'fin Ottawa and Pontiao to 
 120 du Fort. 
 
 On rar«>ful csaminotion and inr|uii v, i found thul i>i|MMidUur*< on improvement waa 
 
 rtN|uirpd on purts of tho rond in ('lan-ndon, whoro it is riin;^h luid miry, and oHpcoially 
 
 ,t ti)wntihi|i of Onslow, hohnv t\w riv.r t^uio, whcri; tlioro w:«s an cxtciit of about four 
 
 lofoxtrcmoly had rond, oiiu half of it boiuK ovor r..n>rli rocky ii'I;4i'H, und tho oihor 
 
 lyiDiry and unmade, re<luirin^: much work in diltdiiiiff, A:c. This piece of road had I01114 
 
 L; iho rhief obstruction to «'i)inrnuni( ation by himl oetwccn tho »Mmnly of I'onlino and 
 
 tciiy of Ottawa. Tho building of .Miverul bridgOM mi the front r ..d, in the hwor [ait of 
 
 (towDnhip of Onhlow wnn uImo very much re(|uired. 
 
 Kiscwhere, especially in the township of nii.«(ol, [ fi.und ilie road j,'ood mid pi.-.-ieutin^ 
 Uutrurtinn to travel, and therefon- nut nieritin^^ any t!spenilitur<» on it fnun the uppro- 
 ■jitioii, while the other parts nientit)nei{ s > mueh more required it. My examination 
 \f\ue at a time when eountry roads are in their worst |)ox.sil)lo condition, 
 With the exception of the improvement of a dau^crous .spot, on a bare rock, on the road 
 jClirendon,the doinu ofany work unon it in that township was deferred, not only bceuuse 
 Ifisitolatc in the sea.son but also beeaiisi' an apparently desirable elnn;;*.' of a part of 
 • road was propcsed, which required examination. 
 The expenditure of last season was therefore limited to the improvnnent of the very 
 ||«irt(inl llic road in Onolow, and the liuildiiit; of bridges already mentioned. 
 This Work was also done by Mr. Henjiiniin .AIo re and his party, and in such a nmnner 
 (III elicit an official expression of appMlmtion from the MunieiparCouncil. 
 
 The work was commenced at the north side of the Quio bridge, on N'o. 11 of the lird 
 iifie of Onslow, and consisted in the makinj; of bad spots by erowning and draining, the 
 L)tin?of rocks, outtintr of .>,i(lo hills, the makinj; of nearly a mile in all of ditches, with 
 bajculvits On ouf hill marly IJOO tons of stone wen removed, and part u.sed for 
 |ra«i work Only 13t'i fpct of causeway were made, but on liu' lower part of the road, 
 Ifitn bridges were built, amountinj^ to 4ti4 feet in length, >. me of them eleven feet in 
 right, und all construct d nioht substantially. 
 
 The total expenditure cliarged in my account lo .'Jlsl iK^ct-mbi-r last, on aeoaint of the 
 lorkson this road of the SI, OHO appropriated is f:7oi>, leavin<^ u buhnee unexpended of 
 1265 for works to be done in Ciarcnuon. (See Synopsis herewith.) 
 
 Parties in Clarendon acriuainted with the ground informed mo that for about .seven 
 
 ik.«. between Xo. 8 and No. lit of the second rariRo of that lown.sbip, where there is a 
 
 rut bend in the front road, and .some bail ground to be pa.«sed, the bend could be cut ofl', 
 
 itinn upwards of a mile of di.stanee, anil a much better site found by carry inir tho road 
 
 Kwly striiichi between the above points, pa.Sf-ini.' in, or alon;; the rear of the 1st ranjje, 
 
 kicflj ibionali a dry, m arly bnre siindy red pini' bruli' - and the chanf;e of the line here i.s 
 
 l(!^ln^Iy reeouimendetl by > une of ihe leadiny .<ettleis, a> it would liivo a constantly dry 
 
 |r*i that would refjuire almost no repair instead of tho present line, wlio.sc clay uround 
 
 Itil! always become exreedinj^Iy cut up, in wet weather in the fall. The parties reconiniend- 
 
 jiog the alteration say, with jn.Mieo, that though it would not benefit them, as they do not 
 
 jreMib'on the iiroposed line, it would he a jireul ndvantajie to the ijeneral travel, espceinlly 
 
 Itifpenplp from the Upper Canada side of tho (Jitawa, who Would ero.«9 on the brid,i;e now 
 
 jkuildinn "' Portage du Fori ami avail themselves of the road on the north side of the 
 
 jUumi, which, by cutting off the great bend of the river is ali-^ni ten miles shorter than 
 
 jilif road on tlio south side to Ottawa city ; wliieh i<i all nmpiestionably true. 
 
 I Not having time to do so myself, I emj loyod two eompeieni persons to go ovi-r the 
 
 |itop.jsed line, who fouud if to be as stated. S.'SOlt in addition to the balance remainim; of 
 
 [ itf appropriation would odmi thi-i line and give a bitti-r and shorter road than the pie^nt 
 
 w «nd a road that would be sound and useful in the wet wvallu r late in the fiil|, when most 
 
 'l^'ied, when the other would I) • scarcely pas^nbie. It i:4 e.vtremely difficult to see why 
 
 inhould be made with eolonixation road funds, bur an additional appropriation for it would 
 
 M*si least as justifiable in that respect as tho one :dread\ made. 
 
 If by strict definition a colonization road be one ui;cessary to give jieeess through, or 
 "•.-"••"" tands ut lOF scttloaieni, iiot ;drCady ythcrtvisu acccs»siblc, the front foad in the 
 Jpp«r psrt of Pontiao i.s much more striclly one, as it extends beyond existing continuoo* 
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 OTTAWA AND PONTtAC COLONIZATION ROADB. 
 
 ^irda'poT""""'"' "'' '^^'"^"^^'^ «••-- '" '"" -cut land. noHh of i^. ,,, , 
 
 part from JjJ^Lk R cr^rWalth m ,oTh.'r''7'' ^^'.'^T^ l'^^\ "^nson, were ZU 
 and Deep River Rnnrl \1 .^""''"'" '"/''« Coulong« in Mansfield, and 3250 for theC J 
 AsTt was not tin T ^ P!f*^" the uncompleted part in the upper part of C ; j 
 inforn.ed on c nlu tn ^1^ aTn-ff' ''T"^""'-*'"", '''''' ^L'd JcloWr, , \1 
 remaining of for^r appron,"; on« ^^rl iP';"^''"' ^^' ""'''' '° ""^'^^ thejwere'ap « 
 had to bt^ visited rndSewnrW V ? *''^' '" '"™« «»'««' »"" ^^'O^ remote E 
 fur cu. , vin^ hem on ^ciuTlin. tL on^°°r "'"'T"*"^^' "^ agreements made on D 
 
 tools and provisionsTit w t fviLt Srom'e oTtl; "^ t P"'''''^" ""^ ''''''"H 
 
 menced, when such ope.ations jrerailv arXfn 7°'"^^' ''"^ necessarily odIjI 
 
 Under such circuLtanccs^Sto and reported upon. M 
 
 works werj not all con.pleted "^"".''""» »* '"'' "o* »» considered extraordinary tJ 
 
 the btildt gTse^^r'al bdleTt tnlTf ZTT' ?rT^"^ -''-^«^4 
 road between the Coulon^and lilack Rivlr W ??'?'*""'''* ^iV^'^*" "''«*'"='« J 
 the seasnn. I instructed M.AInJ,SLp' ll *'°"^^ t® proceeded with, though J 
 tended to me T/Sr Sn^o\i lid Mr P^r"^^'t'?>^'°'^'^''^' ^^° ^'»^ "tronJJ 
 character, to ou.ploy a pa ty of suitable Z7Z\^^F- ^•' T """""* ''^ ^^ "Wi^ 
 the bridges and to make he bes arran^l^^^^ ^?? f ^ T^"'''^ ^'^'^ ^'^« '"'W 
 
 road required in the township of GhtcSer '° "^ ^'^ *^' "P'"'"^ of the pie 
 
 chichL\:?.Tho l^cTnlfoJs^:'^^^^^^^ "' ^"^^ ;rr°" «^ *^« ^'---p-' ^^ 
 
 Mr. Proudfoot was interrupted bvJ^^^^^ '" '^^}'\^ "^ ''"^^ ^o my decisioo , 
 getting out of the timbefo"b^^^^^^^ bj unfavorable weather J 
 
 the incoming season. ^ ^°'^ "" P'^'S'^'^ J '''s *o>-k9 will be completed J] 
 
 56 fe^inre^gro^S,'? anf^° S'tfH'?^^^ ''^^-^ ^-l'-. one of 30nnd,, 
 in length in course of consJruet on when tf' 'P'^f.^^y'r'^ another of 180 
 
 gully u heavy side cutting ofToTfert in lenU wlhT'""^.' ^'''i'' '^''^^S «t sJ 
 of Mansfield. ^ ^ '° '®°Sth, with log side wall ; all in the tow] 
 
 tionegC^J^tJ^^-^/^ ^is the last work remaining to J 
 
 those on" hTr1vrpthl?M^^^^^^^^^ T/^« ?"r '° *^« ^^-'''P «f H 
 
 w.th very gradual ascenrbeS the^C-V.^ * ^1- *^'- -"*"'* '" *^« ^"^^^^^ »'»" 
 and most fUvorable rou?e inL the settlor„.°'* l^'^'^^ ''^ ^""'^y ^o'^t- I* ^^ '^eJ 
 pait of the northerly road Ine triced* mV V\P"* "^ *ho Pfiche, a J 
 Pickanock. ^ ^ *'^*°*** ^y Messrs. Bouchetto and Aylen, to ihi 
 
 over s^iTndtTalfmirrCih^ i" ^"''^^' *« *^^ -" ^ ^"he, it i. 
 
 owns a saw mi)l on it,) as oversef r witi n J?^ T '* l"^ '^^^^ "^3^ Mr. MoDgins 
 opening out, through CdrSnnr I J ^ 1^ °^ ""'" '^'''^^ ''^ ^^^W It "H 
 ing an old limber foad that' in Ihllll- "•-? a '^"•"l*''^ "^^'^« ^^ i*' ^"d elsewhere] 
 required, and the rartia buildinVnf ^"".T^^^- ""'^^ »*' '» *»>« width of 16 or ioj 
 fo/t in length of cJid and 14 Si"/L^"^^^^^ f I' "I^r McGee's Creek, which is to 
 
 formation oficoou the •teepbai.ka at ft rl'^- "^^'^^ ^*' ""* ^°''^^^^ 0*'"^ 
 *Ib,,.j i.«- .-. ^. , "TOop oaoKS at It, rendenniy it /i•n»...^... -_j x.- j^iE- !...|J 
 
 TitjUcs iste iQ winter, — " " "•■»'■•'"«'» oou ioq uusobicwS 
 
""^'^^ ^'"^ '°^AC COtONlZAXXOX HOADS 
 land, north of it. ,bove ■!;« appropriation for thi« road was only 8400 of wM u .^, . 
 
 «t senson, were BS*Virh a small ^d6iZn\^Trr:!^'Zl^^^^^^^ «:^7 furlTavaiS °' '^° 
 
 .Id and 8250 for the cjmj^r the completion of the unfinLhedTKn VcPo^' V ^"™ -^i be ufficient 
 the upper part of CliiebaH ^^'="'^''' '^« expenditure on acconnt. «" ♦ ". ^r® _^" '" ^^^^ s.Creek. ""'"^"^ 
 
 he 22nd October, that ] 
 • which they were applie 
 ifter that, remote locjl 
 
 'purchase a,idfoj;,'d»^ 
 
 were necessarily onlj»y and Masham road as above mentioned ° fausferrcd to the account ot' the 
 
 reported upon. ■ It will be observed by my accounts fW »:♦!. *i 
 
 leredextraordinaiythmctintheeastcDdoftheGatineauaK^^^ ton miles let by 
 
 mms, with parties hired by the month or dav^ ' ° ^''^' ""''' performed by 
 
 nations, consisted cbi«fl This was done because it was preferable f«r^v„.- 
 
 «lar nature of 
 season not 
 
 jccount of his abi»Ft, gives an average ofW;;^^^^^ . llh Vr"oviiionra'n"d 
 
 roceed with the buildiifl ^ '^' ^"^^° '•'' Jow on the Ottawa, 
 e opening of the piefl 
 
 , , ■ ^)'"°Psi^ of expenditure charted bv A T p n • , 
 
 the Municipal CoM»'aber, 1861, on account of the annrLri^f-TJvL^". J»s accounts rendered to ^U^ 
 road to my decisioD, »'i« of Ottawa and Pontiac, forffe? '''° '^ ^^^'^^^ ^''' Colonization lloads in the 
 iravorable weather t'oiH p ^ ±. mo 
 
 s will be completed^ 'id'oirge^ro'^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ''^--^ ^^ -"^t-ct on Gatineau 
 
 tuber, one of 30 andtM S"' ^'' "^count of works on Otter Lake'road in Ti;..* 63,776.08 
 
 .ith another of isol S^°" T""-* ?^ ''"^«^« «° Gatineau a^dDi^^^^ ^'^^^^-^O 
 
 lesides makin.^ at sM S"" ^^r advertising road works bv ordpr nf vL . ^^: ' 'X 186.00 
 
 1 this road,soa3toa ^*^« appropriations of former 
 
 Qders this river, ffiP 40000 
 
 1, a great obstruciit 
 
 it in the concludina Ta* i • , , §5,776.54 
 
 .*,e^„,,„„i K;Sd^^^.itl\"r"°"'-""'°'''-«'b- i.is:^ 
 
 I P, 6,776.54 
 
 ind Aylen, to tlii)| 
 
 _ . ^^^'^ow and Masham Road 
 river Pgche, itiiii Amount 
 
 by Mr. MoDginsI ^^Penditure, three pay lists'... 5 900.00 
 
 he day. It coiisisB ?'"°Portion of remainder of R TVTnnV^C I S443.93 
 
 it, ana elsewhere! Proportion of conSencies "'°"°* 327.08 
 
 idth of 16or20« 14.00 
 
 Jreek, which is to! 8 785.00 
 
 finished owing ■ Bftlanc© unexpended let January, 1862 " 
 
 id too diffioiiitW^ 
 
 
 
Orr.WA .X. PO.TUC C0.ON,Z.„O.V ROAb.. 
 Amount ^'"^""' '""■ ''^"'''"'^^" ^ront Road. 
 
 A. Wilson's account ' -^°''*° « «"«""' 290 81 
 
 Proportion of contingencies 35.65 
 
 13.58 
 
 Balance unexpended, 1st J.,„3r,, 1862 ^^' 
 
 Off thi.s balance-paid John fi , • *^^^'^° 
 
 ' ■" ^ 259.80 
 
 Amount for Mansfield ''^"''"'^ ^'-" ^-^ 
 
 Do. for Calumet and Deep River" ;;;.; 8 650.00 
 
 250.00 
 
 8 90000 
 
 Amount of S. Proiidfnn»'c 
 
 Tnci* r>f ♦- rouatoot s account. . 
 
 12.37 
 
 Balance unexpended on 1st January, 1862 " -^ 
 
 « 365.00 
 
 Amount ^'""'"''^ '""' ^'^"•'''""« ^oad. 
 
 S 400.00 
 
 KXPENDITURK 
 
 Amount of F. .Morgan's account 
 
 Proportion of contingencies 5366.60 
 
 4.90 
 
 Unexpeuded in payment to HodL^ns f;.r ri . '^37U0 
 
 ThorncKoadperpaylisi.. ^ '^'^^^^'■"^"^onaud 
 
 1.60 
 
 Balance unexpended on I.t January, ,86'> " "^ ~- 
 
 6 27.00 
 
 Amount Clarendon and Thorn. Road. 
 
 8 250.00 
 
 Paid Wm. Hodgins amount of nav H«t 
 
 -— to-f? ^v .Baraio^apd Masham road.. j'gj 
 
OTTAWA AND PONTIAC Cuj^C t riTlON ROADS. 
 
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 nECAPITULATlON OF EXPENDITURE. 
 
 ODsbwand Maiham road lo^Sn 
 
 Onslow and Clarendon Front do locnn 
 
 Pontiac Front do -'JS.On 
 
 Kardley and Masham do oo ?n 
 
 Clarendon and Thome do -bi.Q\) 
 
 Total 62,678.00 
 
 RECAPITULATION OF BAI-ANTES ON HANI», I ST .lANUARY, 1862. 
 
 Onslow and Masham Road * JJ^-^JJ 
 
 Onslow and Clarendon Front do Qr=nn 
 
 Pontiac Front do -^.^J"" 
 
 Eardley and Masham do " 
 
 Total as per account current 6 772.00 
 
 Expended in January, 1862, ou account of OnUow and Clarendon road, paid John 
 ICordon $6.20. 
 
 PROPOSED WORKS. 
 
 I would 
 
 I From information heretofore acquired, and recent careful investigation, 
 JtSy recommend the following as the most suitable further works for the advance- 
 
 l„I» ftf Pnlnniy-itinn iu the Countics of Ottawa and rontiac. 
 
 '" Is Se 0^ ^ng the north road surveyed by Messrs. Bouchette and Aylen on and 
 
 hear he lie b'etween the Counties of Ottawa and Pontiac -f --;^ ..Jf^'^^ «« J ^/^^^^ 
 
 I frooi the point where it intersects the west end of the ton miles of tbc Gatineau and tou- 
 
 lonec road now nearly completed. .... 4- „ i ^#1, r^p ♦Vioco 
 
 The brid-e built over the Stag Creek, where they intersect, serves ior both of these 
 
 t road. Th north road line is laid off into lots, and by Mr. Aylen's report from seven-eighths 
 ; four-fifths of them arc fit for settlement, on the 13^- miles ^ J^. ^JJS ^^;;,^;^ "«^ ^ J^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 I thePickanock which, including sinuosities may be upwards oi lb miles of road. It passes 
 
 Igthe f^^^^^^ of tie' township%f Stanhope, nVv called Alleyu, -^l^^^^ -^,; ^^^^ ^ ^^^ 
 
 lots by Provincial Land Surveyor Holmes, who reports it to contain much go^^ land, 
 
 ' cSly south of the Pickanock, which agrees with what was previously ^^^^ ,^« f .tJ^^' 
 part, From Mr. Holmes' statements, and Provincial Surveyor 9 ^a^lys report otexplora^ 
 L of that and other townships, it would appear that by turning l^'^^^l']'.'}^^^^^^^ 
 could be continued at leas* twelve miles further inland f "^'^'^^^ ^^^Z^"^, ^J'^?™^*' ^Se 
 ward of Stag Creek the land On this line, as far as the 8th range of Masbam, is all suitable 
 for settlement, which with sinuosities may be fifteen miles ot road lino. ,• „„_-ui„ 
 
 This would give upward of thirty miles of settlement road m_ the iio^tlavo^^^^^^ 
 
 ooantrv the valley of the Gatineau affords, besides its probable '^l^^'lZ^MSfr^J^t 
 and th"e continuation westward of the Gatineau and Coulongc road, all bn^n«hing from the 
 part of the latter made last season. As this extent is all, as yet^^ ""^^^"P^'^.^'J. ~t in 
 Ihcmost advantageous and most readily available field for the fomat.on ^^l^^l^^^^'^^ll 
 the territory unde°r my charge. As timber agent, I ^vo»ld thereiore propose the open ng 
 of this road as the first object to be provided for. and that I ^^^^^'i.^'^^^/,^;^ *^;j,J,^^^^^ 
 of it the remainder of the appropriation of last season, with as much of the appropriation 
 for the ensuing season as may bo available for it. , . ,. . • tT^„„» r-imHa 
 
 To make this road as good as the best class of colonization ^o^^s ml pper Canada, 
 wotild require an outlay of about 8500 a mile; some oi ;,hem cost "f ^ly §700 a miUj, 
 partly frJm.defective original specifications rtnd partly,^, .omoc^se,,, J^o- ^^^^^^^^J^^^^^^^ 
 
 required eoiuK over from liOt having Deon. •oujplut.cijr maoe st. Tir-r. . . _ 
 
 i^oatioii Bffor4» » better road, for tbo cost, tbati aoy other that ca» bo maUe 
 
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 OTTAWA AND PONTUC COLONIZATION KOAD.. 
 
 ccDtiatcs the labor on the malcinr,,r ^ i 
 
 "«J-ii. deariug l«Dd ,?tl J ,1''°"''' ^' "fPli^'l '0 making a M^°S^|t ,!, '' '" "'» "f 
 bu«hc.». If „ r„= J ," „'^' ["" "«, to save (lio sottlci, ,|,„ °,.„,°m 'y »""' ««" Wriial 
 
 »f 'W .rau/d,'?:',': r° taY "SU" '."°f "■« ™" -<! utt "e . "„ f^T "^ %* ' 
 passing each other on hZ^} ^^'7 ^««ds over them, and tho L '"'."^f.'"? d^«;-'ge'J 
 
 width, be lefs to 1 1 V "'?''*' ^'^^ ^iic greater nart of ^/i ^'^TT ^'>^' '"^^ asmea 
 
 bo merely solidly lcv« .oV^' l'''^'''' "»^ ^^o gru^bted pa 'f-'n- ^f ''V"'"^'^ aa "o 
 the least work Lf!^ ^ "^ *^ be made solidly ^3. ^/ ,"'"'' *''■''* '« the centre 
 
 The second clas. d^n-K w ,, '"°''' *^»'' »"*.«««.-.,, „d brideJ 
 
 widir ""'• """ '■^ — h'« rte„ iu mdf rJ „„';sir 1 '° r'''^*" "» 
 
 Having made this lon„ r ■ "^'' '° ""« »' 
 
 this .casoD AsnlL™.-^ 'i" <""' "f «>« part of 1, fi/.: ^"'""'"P olMushm lotli. 
 'he tnt in im„„£™f ';°«,"'° !«*' «*« for imwdiale »„l "" f ''""'""Se road md. 
 
 "' """ "^ "«■"'»"«''. a' a CO.-. rfSjsSsTrS 
 
bed, where (he ffh^jj 
 
 or dry sandy ooum^l 
 ^bstuute for crown?; 
 
 dry and oven carriage 
 
 loscoffbytheUlac 
 tbe roots, stumpsaj 
 
 i^WrapidtravellinJ 
 '"I out flt more CO? 
 "seways be made of 
 
 then; being dragged' 
 "possibility of ,i 
 afterwards proporlj 
 
 labor, that in opea- 
 » and a .sound road 
 
 ior two vehicles (o 
 ireas for settlement, 
 
 :'d to that provided 
 Jr for the opeDinR 
 ip: the road as men. 
 'Ill cuttings, as to 
 
 feet in tho centre 
 dwagoD. Thisjj 
 
 a rough but pass- 
 s arc, iu umy ex. 
 wayou it. Swh 
 
 b of the road and 
 
 be cut close to 
 hout. 
 
 ■ work that would 
 iconic completely 
 ling woods. 
 Itogether on the 
 'isions and labor 
 3 so fmiuentin 
 ivcu, and as the 
 for produce and 
 
 1 be very much 
 
 liiade according 
 'ajs and bridges 
 
 aiie. 
 
 !«ality to those 
 
 i to the usual 
 
 ination of pro- 
 Hashani to the 
 ige road made 
 Jatineau, it it 
 c ouSciant to 
 $380 a mile, 
 
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 16 
 
 iTiDg tho completion of >t to tho scale of the first class mentioned, to be afterwards per- 
 ed, as it may, without any loss of work, should its future extension or importnnco as « 
 ttlement road render it desirable. 
 
 In connection with this, the opening of the (iatincau and Coiilonge road westward, 
 iftomthe part made this season, might be continued, on the above scale, to the termination 
 Ijf the road made this .season, as already mentioned, in Thome, a distance of fifteen miles, 
 lid thence twelve miles further. But as the land on the first fifteen miles is not so suit- 
 ible for settlement as on the north road (though more than half of it will eventuully bo 
 oc'.upied), and as the westerly twelve miles of road lino, though passing through good 
 lind already partly settled, has not been defi"itely ascertained to lead to any considerable 
 rtteat of good land beyond it, neither of them (though well worth opening, and meriting 
 ID appropriation, should there be funds disposable) are so important or so immediately de- 
 sirable to be opened as the north road already mentioned, or the others that I shall next 
 >pecity. 
 
 Though secondary, as a great inlet for settlement, to the main road up the Gatineau, 
 10 which I shall again revert, a road up tho valley of the Iliver Petite Nation is the next 
 that merits attention from its inrxcdiate utility and probable great importance from the 
 titent of good land it will open for settlement. 
 
 This road line commences at tho existing road in the t^)wuship of llipon, on tho cast 
 side of the river f*etite Nation. Thirteen and a half miles of it were marked out last fall, 
 by Mr. lieduc, under my direction, as before mentioned, leading up through the township 
 of Suffolk to its north outline. I would propose continuing thirty or thirty-five miles fur- 
 ther northward, to Lake Monaraiug, a tributary of the River Rouge, where, from definite 
 information and documents of survey in my possession, it would traverse a large tract of 
 arable land, of a superior quality for settlement. 
 
 On the part surveyed by Mr. Leduo, he says he fjuni "the laud, though uneven 
 i;enerally, yet nevertheless very advantageous for settlement, the soil rich and suitable for 
 tultivation and the production of all kinds of crops ; the wood-maple, beech, hemlock, 
 basswood, and fir of a tall growth, with very little pine j" and in an exploratory excursion 
 northward, from tho end of the road line he traced, he found the soil to continue arable 
 and fit for settlement. For thirty-five miles of this lino my information is from surveys 
 performed at the near and the far end of it ; of the middle part, tho reports of lumber 
 hunters who have traversed it, are very favorable, describing the land as resembling that 
 of Suffolk. 
 
 As this presents us with the site of a general highway of forty or fifty miles in 
 length, from which lines of settlement may be opened along concessions branching from it, 
 right and left, as in Suffolk, with the lumbering works on the Petite Nation and the river 
 Rouge offering a considerable market for farm produce, and being the nearest and one of 
 the largest favorable tracts on the Ottawa, it offers an important field for colonisation, es- 
 pecially for the surplus population of the adjoining seigniories and parishes. 
 
 I would suggest that this should be opened as a first class colonization road, as de- 
 ioribed in the accompanying specification. As labor is rather cheaper in that locality than 
 in some others on the Ottawa, the cost might be somewhat under ^500 a mile, all charges 
 included, especially as dry loam is the prevcleut soil in parts. 
 
 To open the thirteen and a half miles laid out would, at the above rate, cost $6,750. 
 By reducing the work to levelling solidly on very dry, sandy ground, $6,000 might be 
 sufficient. 
 
 The third work I would suggest, as most urgently meriting attention, is the road from 
 the rear of the township of Hull to Priest's Creek and the township of Bowman on the 
 Riviere aux Li6vres. 
 
 This line of road touches the north-west angle of Templetou, and continues nearly 
 along the line between Wakefield and Portland to Bowman. A small appropriation of 
 colonization road mon^y was very advantageously expended upon it lust season, by Wm. 
 Hamilton, Esq., of Cantly, in commencing to open it at the lower end. It should be con- 
 tinued at least sixteen miles further. It passes through a large tract of good land, lying 
 partly in Wakefield, Portland and Denholm, now being settled, giving the most direct ac- 
 eess to it from the City of Ottawa. It would open up moat advantageously the land flt 
 or lettlement between the Qstineau and the Rividro auz Lievreti, and on ttie west bank of 
 
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 orrAWH Axo pontuc colomzatio.v aoAo. 
 
 that river which d --"^iZATlo.v roao« 
 
 I.. iJi!'^'-'^»JJi? ^««cntial for a... !.' "v^-"' '» " '^rm too ru^Jf'"L. '.'"«'>"• 
 
 lie Xorwciaii j.twl r- „«*'*' f settlonunf. 
 "eh i.„„S '' i S ^^"'^'"^"^ now U 
 
 From whore theKian,.,,., • • , '^^fonding up the Rivi,ire d.! 
 
 . I«o„H .ug^TS a i SJT "? "■'""" '-■■I ' "" '"'"■"■ "■-'■''•"•J 
 
 , I «m not ia Kssio„ of t'«" ' ^'^"''^"^'^nt. '""'' '^"^ f-''^««''ip of bth- 
 
 , It is oqualJj deSle tt.\ ??'"'"" '^^ ''' ^'^ «ett me , t!;"?'*"'^' f ;^»'''^ « '-ad line, 
 from the west eJd of iTl! S ^ V'"'' "^ eolonirition i3 i' u'l''''"""'''^ 
 
 lands, superior in qua itvYo M -^ /''""'^ ''"'^ I^^-'iry AVe«t wjVo! 'i ''"'"'^ ''^'^''g ''"^ '"'e 
 nedaio^gtheeastTwLsidTnr^^^ ^Th" T "^""'' «-^ 
 
 ^'ght dictate, and thenee u^ll^^ ^T ^?"^'' ^^^'he BJa 2' ,?'!,''"'' "''^ ^« ^^^• 
 abouts, into the rear of tL ^fl i^''^^'^'^ ^^^"'ceu Viilpn, ,v . ' "'/""he"- examinations 
 •nent. This road wou d ifL "''"^ ""^ ^^'^^'«^ 'vhere the In i '"'^ .^^^'I'bury, or there- 
 are extensive flats of anglV^?^' *« ^''« va]];. of the iSv a"^ ^' ""f ^^'^^^ for .settle- 
 probably be carried with Jin n?^' ''P'";'*^^ *« ^^ good dowi ^hfr ^r''"*^^' ^''^^"^ '^ere 
 , ^ The townships TDtrr.f"%'' *''.? ^'^'"'^ '•'''»^ "">'" 
 
 f ere a lewsqqatters were settling up tiw 
 
• •'n'AWA ANI> rnstiAr ror.ONt/ATioN boads. 
 
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 These two last mentioned roadH would give access to the iicarct<t vacant lands in the 
 Ltyof Ottawa, miitablo for settlement. 
 
 i Tbe si'ttlcuicnts {generally forming on tho llivifsre aux LiCivro, and the large amount 
 Irevenuo tliat government has realized from the exteusivo lumbering operations that have 
 i years been carried on in connection with milling establishments at the thriving village 
 fKuckiu-'ham on thaf vivcr, arc strong reasons for opening a road up its valley, but as the 
 Urv"" the banks ol the river, to a considerable extent, presents diflicuUics requiring 
 Btful fxnniination, I am not in possession of the information necessary to enul)le me to 
 fcuauy opinion of value as to where such a road should be located. 
 I I have made these suggestions and observations as presenting subjects lor further 
 Lklcration with a view to the development of the lower part of the county of Ottawa. 
 
 Turning to a more remote part of the Ottawa country, I would in the fourth place 
 kKommcnd as meriting an appropriation of colonization funds for the opening of a road up 
 Twc'^t side of the river Coulonge, to give access to a tract of good land in the we..t part 
 ffilie township of Pontefract, and between it and Black River, and the building ol a 
 
 K over the river Coulonge. ^ «i r r--* 
 
 I The township of Pontefract was surveyed lately by Mr. J. Robertson, oi l-itzroy. 
 iHeisa very reliable and thoroughly practical judge of the ((uality of land; what ho calls 
 M land is unquestionably so. lie condemns as unsuitable for settlement that part ot the 
 lOTDship lying east of the rirer Coulonge, even where it is very fine looking hardwood 
 ly it IS in general too shallow in soil for proper cultivation or certainty of crop in dry 
 lieasons, though the demand for farm produce will doubtless soon lead settlers to occupy the 
 
 llcttcr part of it. , i i w* c „ c«»tio 
 
 The west side of the township, however, contains much good land ht lui ,^ttle- 
 Imnt for about »dev.'U ranges in depth, which also extends westward towards HIack 
 
 , '^'The small proportion of good land in this part of the Ottawa country, compared with 
 ,be great extent suitable only for lumbering, renders this tract of much value for settle- 
 iiicnt It U near the Ottawa, and being on the way to the extensive lumbering region.^ on 
 ilieOoulunge and Dlaek lliver, the settlers will be in the rr.o«t adTar.tageous position lor 
 fibtainiu"- good prices for their produce, and the road, so lar as it may be opened, will pre- 
 |>entthe'donble advantage of being useful to the lumberers working up these rivers, as 
 nell as to the settlers. , . ,, 
 
 1 would suggest that this road should be opened from the front I'ontiac road in Mans- 
 ScM back four miles through that township to Pontefract, and thence about twelve miles 
 further to and along its west outline, the site to be more dcBnitely determined on survey ol 
 the line— in all say sixteen miles, at $300 a mile, making it a road of the third class, as 
 ivLwds scale of work, would require an outlay of $4,800. i • i »■ 
 
 The Coulonge is the first unbridged river in the main front road on the north side ot 
 the Ottawa, above the city, and being a large one, it is the first serious obstacle to commu- 
 nication and to the progress of settlement. . i • i 
 
 The river Coulonge enters the Ottawa about a hundred miles above the eity, and as 
 the country at that distance is but partially settled [and only on the front, the mam road 
 here is virtually a colonization road essential to the further progress of settlement, and the 
 liuiUlingofabrido-o over the river Coulonge is much required, not only for the upward 
 travel on the Ottawa in connection with lumber trade and the eastern settlements, but a!?o 
 for the extension of settlement in the townships on the main river, as well as on the tracts 
 ill the rear like that just mentioned. . 
 
 As already mentioned, I took the necessary sectional ineasurcmentof the river tj ouable 
 me to make a plan and estimate of the proposed bridge. The river is there four hundred 
 feet wide and about six feet deep in the channel, with a strong current and high steep 
 banks and therefore quite unfordable. The bridge requires to bo live hundred and ten 
 feet in length, and twenty four feet in height from the bottom of the channel. It should 
 have six water ways, of sixty feet wide, or live of seventy-two feet, with queen-post tresses 
 in the latter case, or king-post tresses in the foriacr; the cost would be equal in either case. 
 To give security, as the bottom is of shifting Band, tbe piers should be well sunk with pro- 
 jecting foundation pieces, to give breadth of bearijjg, and they should be sent down with a 
 good bed of fascines under them, which will previent the eddy behind the piers and the 
 plunga of the owell in front during frwhets, from niidermining their fosadations 
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 "TTAWA 
 
 ,S-""".*"*!'!f"-"'-'""i<i"^M 
 
 ANn vnsTlAr ror.ONlZATfON nHAr>s 
 
 " ^'''^"" ••'^»"""t<"I Tor ,1... I'.M.tofVMel 
 
 10 oast ,,||,] 
 
 '''''•' ('-these works wo„i,ii;;.Vs";..;!i'''^" 
 
 to yield a Ia.^er ro;;:.:;^; iC! ^''^h'* 1, *''^' ^ '"=""'^- -^^^1 ^^ d S' '^ "" 
 reduce .f its forest., whic-h for P " fit 'm, o" "" "' '''« •""'^^ ^°«!d rc^ ;T;."; 
 », the con.niorce it creates. P'-^htablo e.npioyment to thonsanc].s on [£ s, ? ' 
 
 I lie Oatineau road mfiii.oii,. . 
 
 there are so£l ^^^'" T" '^- I« ™u"y pla^T it n. > Tl«. *° *^»« '■'«'>"««'* o'' "' 
 
 fa blS LV"n'*^ V'*'' "^^^^^ *'^ ^"^ ^^ ^- -"'--^ '"^ --" 
 
 ir to wa rnnf T'" "'^'^ ''^^'''^^ »« admit of tLforrn/-' ''°/ '' '^ frequently to be foun,l 
 roVd» S V K- "Pf "^?^ "^ colonization roLHo??, 1"",°^ extensive lines of settlement 
 r«llT ^, fvf *^'' "" "''^ ^'•^ absolutely necessarv n " '° "^"^'^ ^' *^" i'aprovcmentof n>ai„ 
 r«llj, IS a very certain and adrantageous waTSfwf J' "'".'^ **» ^'^^ '"terior lands ;?cDe. 
 
 fe way of forwarding the settlement of such parts of 
 
OTTAWA AND I'ONTIAC COLONIZATION UOAD«. 
 
 10 
 
 -luhlic kaila u.s arc fit for it ; cspcfially in such canes aa tliin, where the routl i.s t ho 
 Lay of ail extensive lumhor trade, which creates a hi^Iily i-rofitahh- inarket for t ho 
 % ami eauHCH settlement to extend and prosper where it otherwise wouM not yet ho 
 
 tVis would seem to afford nn argument in favor i.fgrunlin- as:<istunee lo the ilutinciiu 
 
 „la„iiscd road company, should they proceed with their desi-rn, as it would, no .louht, 
 mtwcrfully forward tho settlement of the Oalmean country. ' -^ •" '"'"' 
 
 rneertiiinty as to how 
 w,'uf'tiio voad they may improve, renders it difficult to estimate definitely any sum for 
 Lrtion .-f tho road, hetwccn the piohahlc end of their works and (he 1 uauan, where 
 Lvouicut is certainly required, and bo provided for in a general estimate lor this road, 
 K a grant being obtained for i. . An expenditure of at least ?4,000 would pr..l.ably 
 l,le<irablc'on this section, besides anything tho company may be able to do. 
 
 The upper part of the (Jatineau road, from the I'uagau to the river Desert, is that oii 
 i.hoxpciiditure in c.mpleting and improving it is ino-t urgently ie(iuiied, not only t.. 
 Lcccss to several townships containing together much land suitable tor settlement, but 
 Lfor the benefit of the existing settlcmouts and the important trade ol the country. 1 Ho 
 teVis stated to be fifty-fivc miles. Much of it is merely a lumber track or winter 
 f rts of it have been forked upon by the settlers, as well as the lumberers. Some e o o 
 i 1 funds have been spent on other inirts of it. The worst part o ., owing to natural 
 iV. ho first twolvJ^miles above the I'uagau It is with much ^l-ffu-^'y ;''" -j"^ 
 Wtllat an unloaded buck board can bo drawn through from the I'uagan to the Indian 
 iJNon Settlement at the river Desert, in the township of Maniwaki . 
 I The first twelve miles, from the Puagau to the river Kazabazi.a embraces '""^^ ol c 
 Lte pensive ground to make a road upon that can bo found. It has been opened f 
 ; to twenty'feet wide. With some dry, even ground it presents steep ^"'^y ^ '^' "^ 
 I V rocky ground, varied with long deep miry places, where he remains oi nunieious 
 ttM^'Sat have merely been cut clo'se by tho ground will ^^^^^ niore oxpens.^^^^^^^^^ 
 kc out than if tho trees were left standing. The oponuig of the road ♦^^' "J;;'^', ^^ 
 mnnor and the making of some good causeways, a little side cutting, and ^« ' '^^^ ^^^ 
 Lall that the limited funds hitherto available admitted ol being done on ^ « ra;t^ 
 ,!,e whole line as were worked on, and excepting partly in clearings, ^e giub i"^^^ a 
 Lakiu;! the road, including ditching, grading and crowning, excavation and cuUcits, and 
 : building and rc-building of many bridges, has all to be done. 
 A new bridge is required on the Kazabazaa, 2G3 feet in length ot work, and loui Icct 
 I lii-bcr than the present imperfect old one. . . ,, . i •„ ^f w,.;,r1,f iv.ssos 
 
 ' ' The next thirtccu miles to the river Pickauock, in the ^owu^lnp of Wn^ht, passes 
 ,ncr much more favorable ground ; the cost per milo of making it a good load will bo not 
 uuch more than half the rate of the preceding portion. 
 
 The following nine miles from tho Pickauock to Mr. Loamy s arm " ' ^^IP^^^^. 
 line of Wright, would cost still less on an average per mile, were it m.t foi two con^'J 
 able bridges required, for which I have taken tho necessary measurements. IJoyonil 
 110 work whatever has been done with colonization monies. .„„r,pth< nwin.' to 
 
 The next six miles reaching to tho middle of the township o «^^f f '^ ^^^^^j 
 tluTc being much unfavorable rocky ground, with two considorablo budges to he built, 
 
 will be about twice as expensive to make as tho last. ,n»,v.W ■> ivivrow 
 
 The remaining fifteen miles to tho river Desert, though at present me oly a na low 
 winter road, will bo mueh less expensive in making than the pi;cceding, being gencialiy 
 very favorable ground, but is all in woods till about a mile from the "^^r De cr 
 \o luake a^fair turnpike road of the whdo of th. upjer fifty^v "u^^^^^^ 
 
 ful management in concentrating the labor on ino uau ""//"iV"-"— r- ; ],„ made 
 making the last fifteen miles in the smallest scale to bo useful, tho whole might be 
 fairly passable for loaded wagons for about $19,448. iicrformod 
 
 This sum represents the smallest scale of work that Govcr i ^^,""^1' ^^y^; Tit 
 without disadvautaee ov considerable loss of labor; and it ^uuid bo ' '';'^^- y^^,.^,^ ^^ 
 *liouia be iucurred if the i^ttlcment of the Indian township of Mannva v(, ^^lUU . ^ 'jj •; j 
 lowiisliips opposite and nb.ivo it on tho east si'lo, oo»t^iu»ng nuK-U goqA laud, bt tonsiu 
 
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 OTTAWA A^iy VOSTIAC COLONIZAllO.V KOADS. 
 
 pXtif, «iS''l,L'Vtn|'rcclZrn^^ ^'P^^'''"^ ^''^ exceedingly ruckv u.l 
 
 steps bo takeafWitsHu^vovan "'^1°^ T ^^^'^^ «»J it ^''Ml U- contin, le T. ^ 
 <rat.ncau, should, where jrood ETA ' P'"''"^'j' '''" ''est towaship Ibr Pettlcn.,,.. l 
 
 to the p«^«« o;-«cu;eaS^^"si;^;s:' '""'"' ""' ""'^ "-cup^lz;';: q 
 
 Aumoud and Sicotte to i;,k?LLai 7:1 ? "'?•"='' "'« *"^*'"''ir'' -> I^ 3 
 Hcscrt the west side of the ('«»?„ ^ " '"^ 'own.ship of that name • abo... .1 '"I 
 
 ;ido^ Above I.ak? lLtto?.'".:v:tat n ' '"''■"'''' 'o-eSe/ne u , , ''ir 
 Baskutooshin. ''' '^'^y^tallinc Iiiuestonc is said to prevail up 11,7 
 
 almuSj'huui^ed'mlL^rJCih •■"/'■'''"''' ^^" "'-«"-' -iuare n.iles and is f, . 
 parts of the valley of th^Gat^^cau inn!'. ^'''''■'^' ""« ^"'"•'<-'' of I , j"^^/ , "l "^' 
 
 acceptaliouofthe^xpreLrotrugTLt otr^ve"^ '^i T''''^''^' '' ' '' 1 "^ 
 To describe the lands fit Ibr Hettlomen/ T "'"^ 7cntually be occupied. ' " 
 
 Nuire. His opiuioa is based orvio^?'-.'^''"''' '1"°'*' '''« words of IVt.r \vl 
 clr- "r\°'^^' which, in r;Le ion w?h1fi 'S,?:r • P"""""' "-l^-nta c "wi, J 
 
 ticDionUnd cultivation is thereby vciv mnnri™ 1 1 "'" '■"main ng amnisx for « 
 
 wftcat w cultivated with success. ""^- ■•" *''° scttlotucnt on the latter, fall 
 
 hJr f *""' * ^""'^'«'* varying to two handtV ^i "*'""*'y °^ '''« Laurentidos, iUk 
 becomes lower, and that in thisVlatdep^^^^^^ north of the Ottawa, the'country 
 
 wd ofan unascertained length frnra -^r- - ' ^ " *^°"* * n^ile; in WM. 
 
 fi% mile, of the Ottawa's cours.rttL mSVn'J''''v'Kf *^ ''^V' th'eohundrdaod 
 
 13 much land suitable for cuftivation, said by those 
 
OTTAWA AMI I'OSTIA)' «'OLONI/.ATJO.\ KOADH. "Jl 
 
 I have visited it to be less hilly nud Htoiiy tluia the now tuwiii^hip^ on the Maduwiinka 
 |(J»tincau. StntiQcd liiuc.Htoni! in louml in it at the hciid of lake Tcllli^<canlinp; and at 
 Jiid Luke, a hundred miles I'urtlier oust. At thiv-o iwd iioinl'*, sind iiiueli more of this 
 Irthcni valley are a dej;;rcc HOttth of the latitiido of lake St. John nn the Sagiienay, which 
 Iknovn tn have a betttir climate than Quebec, it is t|uito iindjabli' (hat tluy may pnsscHH 
 Ijoiuc degree the came advantage ; and iis tlnmsandn (d' settlers an- liviu;^, .•'uercHslully in 
 Tpcr Saugcnay, it would ho abj-unl to ^^pl>ose that the sanio will not ultimately bo (ho 
 «oii the urreat waters and niueh more extensive field of (he \']>yvv Ottawa, facilitated as 
 Ifill he by the f:;reat reaches of Inland navigation. 
 
 The river JJescrt, or more properly (he se(tlement at its niuuth, is about three milen 
 icrthof the laftudc of Three Kivers, and the .«outh shore of lake Haskatonj.' is about four 
 fib south of the latitude of Quebee. 
 
 I would now bef; leave to reeapitulatc the works I have Mibniided lor eonsiileraiioii 
 ^tlic order in which they seem immediately desirable to be proceeded with, and the ap- 
 tronriation.s that would bo recjuisitc for (hem, or the portions of them jiropo.sed. In doin^' 
 '1,1 would respectfully explain that 1 submit a relative view of a system of work.s thai 
 lould seem desirable for the most advantageous opening up of the localities most suitable 
 JkfettlcincHt, and of the probable expense (d" performing tiicm at rates of enst eonsider- 
 libly under that devoted to nimilar colonization works in Tppcr (!anada, and which might 
 Lcupy several years in execution, without prcsumiug to indicate how uiu< h or how little 
 lof the Colonization funds hIiouUI bo at present devoted to them, were they even approved 
 Icf and adopted ; my sole object being to place at your disposal the result of the best infor- 
 lination I have been able to accumulate, aided by my past experience in .superintending Kuch 
 I work? . 
 
 h{. For the making of the; North Road from the IV-che to the Pickanoek, .'U miles, 
 
 at $;180, less remains of appropriation of IMil *... $ S,78() 
 
 L'nd. For do. of 111.} miles of Suffolk l?ofid <"«,Otin 
 
 I :trd. For do. of 1(5 miie.s of Hull iV Hownwn do ."),0(m 
 
 4th. For do. of 10 miles of I'ontefract road 4,S00 
 
 and IJridgc over Hi ver Coulonge :i,232 
 
 5th. For do. of the main road up the Catincau to the Uiver Desert, 
 
 55 milori from the Puagan upwards 11>,44S 
 
 (Were a special I'arliamentary Grant obtainable for the Oatineaii roads, the amount 
 should not be less than 685,772 for the part from the I'uagan upwards, 81,000 for the part 
 below, and $4,800 for a bridge over the Gatincau, which is much required about fix miles 
 above the mouth of it.) 
 
 Farther Wur/.-s prvpuAal (u] Ik, (i/O.raurds j>r(JSO«/c(/. 
 
 The West lload in Derry or the East Koad on do. or both. 
 
 The continuation of the Suffolk lload to Lake iMonoming. 
 
 The building of a IJridgc over IJlack Kivev in Waltham. 
 
 The continuation of the Gatincau lload towards J/akc Baskatoug. ^ 
 
 But prior to that the continnation oi the (jatineau and Toidougo Koad. 
 
 For the position of the roads and works referred to in this report, I beg to refer to 
 the aeeonipanying map of the Counties of Ottawa and Ponliae. In it tlie representation 
 of proposed roads not yet surveyed,it is only intended to indicate the locality and direction 
 of them, leaving their position to be bettor detevmiucd by exploration and survey. 
 
 There is great danger of avaricious people, who own land clsewlKne, taking up lauds 
 on Colonizatiou roads as soon as it is known that (hoy arc to be opened, to the obstmetion 
 ofsettlers who really want the lots. To prevent this abuse the conditions ot uciual settle- 
 ment should be promptly and rigidly enforced to the letter, and confiscation take place with- 
 out a single day's delay, just in the same manner as has been punctually done for many 
 years with lumberers' licences in this agency, when they failed to comply with the condi- 
 tious required of them, though they might have made many payments on their licenses pre- 
 vlousl" and 3i5i''hfc \o?.o. thousands of dollars by tho confiscation. 
 
 it would certainly be quite as easy and at least as just to enforce ronfisoutiou un tho 
 pretended Bettlers, 
 
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 "^\.U V A«,. .-ONTU^ ''^fcOWrMTlON nOAl.H 
 
 '. '^•^^I'l't'i'y whore otl,t.ru,,c| 
 •« to bo cleared to the width 
 
 <>ni.c n.„„„er i.. .hid. ..e Coloui.tion Hoad fron. ..o P.,.. p,,, n . 
 
 R>vor CoulonRc, iMo ho made * *'''^' On^'n^nu, ,« ,|,J 
 
 pointed o;,u,w;;;';;;±;;"/''':«i^«<>f it.n,.od in ,h,. lid.. 
 
 •> r. . , , , f^ 1 1. ... ^„ uu uiuarea to the Bidtf 
 
 oibblsl, ., be thrcm 14 , ''/rr'.''"'"^'' v^\?«tabh, m„ttor stop's n /• °, "^""•''•^''"^ve 
 
 •' » ail 
 
 ^.- -____ ^ ^ °"^ '''''* *^»" 13 iaches thick maybe 
 
 •m, 
 
"•'vo thoohHiru.ii,,,, 
 rposo (»(• wriiigi,,,. |,ij 
 
 "."■f on tho St. .m;„,; 
 
 tKHIHUH toth('.s„|„,.i 
 '""■-.tor H..,ri,l„' 
 
 III' ('rown 
 I'vaiil, 
 
 <»TrA\\A ANIt roNTI •' rn|,nNI/ATI<«N f(uM>v 
 
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 —with haii(lruil,M i Hct liijr], ^ (|„. 
 
 th 
 
 lis, Ontineaii, to ibtl;rtatoNt 
 
 r ^ ... . ■ '• I""'*'* '""I <i'I>^ '»<■ wl ii'li iiri' 1«. In <i liiclu'rt unuarc 
 
 L,l, braccH 4 ii.H.os s.|uaro .uul :; H-ct !...•- .socurrly MlmuIJ..r. I in niul Hi.ikcl ».. tho LnH 
 
 U projoctiiiK picTOH 1)1 »lir flooring every l<» foot. Tho flooiiii^^ to l.,.or4 inohosthiok hii.e 
 
 ]^in, or hewn omhir 5 inoh..H thick, iM foot in h>nRth. tho i.n.j.Ttin- yu^rv^ to ho (J iuihi 
 
 M and 2« fiu't hinj; h.txod on tlio strinu'crM, \ hinder s ii,olio.s hy I to ho troei-iiile 
 
 ^iwM on omh Hid(^ to retain (lio flooring. Tho jmst.s of the hanih-aiin'to ho tennonod wit 
 
 iwwoll as the eap nln.ve and well .spiked. Tho ahutments and pier.H to he loaded with 
 
 icDc to the doptli of 2 feet laid on a floorin;; of wound round logs S inehe.i iu lea^t thiek- 
 
 w. The approaelies to hriilp.^ tu ho rai.Med ho ns not to l)c floodcil in iiii;|i wutcr, and all 
 
 iileriul.'. to ho nt all tinicM HJ.hj.ot I , tlio inspcetion and ai)itroval of tho superinteiuknt or 
 
 Ipori authorized hy i,;;n. ('iiip.., |oj,'s and ruhhi.sh, whioh minht comnuinieute firo, to hu 
 
 Itmovod a rod buck nil roun I bridges, and from tho end.s of eau.sewavs, and lo-..;,,.. un 
 
 (iiJe hills. ^ ' "■- ^ "I 
 
 "■ '''•'OJ'ttt'''' '"Jj« tlxiroiiKhly drawn away from water-tahles or .side-ditches, hy od'. 
 ukidnuus, 8 li et wnlu and 2 feet deep; or hirgor, if reiiuired to pass tho water when 
 
 ting where ()ii,,ruj<o, 
 cleared totliewidtlil 
 
 and stones arc to bo 
 levelled u)). iindiof 
 111 tho centre, above 
 id timber, and nilicr 
 All stumps ill [be 
 down even with tie 
 grubbing Im,? beep f 
 
 orper.soniiicIiarj/0, 1 
 vc tho .sides, ^bieb 
 water. Tlicymaj 
 Or where rcf|iiired 
 fik along the upper 
 the second clauw; 
 ceptiu/> where it is 
 
 )llow,s where water 
 B watei'-wa.v: ; 'i? 
 if required, it. 
 
 flatted ; to Ii^ n; 
 Jgto hes: -^ . ! ■ 
 eces. The 'lop of 
 i across the ends. 
 inc description of 
 isions, resting; ou 
 led to substantial 
 lest flood ; or on 
 of four each waj, 
 'lypinned at the 
 
 dimensions and 
 bet are to ho not 
 les thick may be 
 
 dry ground (irbicli 
 mstances adroit of 
 rul overseer and » 
 QQ) iiniited fmiili. 
 
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 7. All swanip.s or boggy places to he causewayed or fascined. Causeways are to ho 
 ttenly and closely laid, and hewn level on top and solidly bedded on tlio -round,— tho 
 •tumps being first cut below tho surface, unless where stringers aro neee.s.snry to give ele- 
 Titionsovcr water. Stringers to ho at lea.st one foot thick and fou- to tho width of tlu! 
 Mid. Tho pieces to bo of Hound wood, 1(5 feet in length, and S inches at least in dianiet.r, 
 -(,f cedar, where it can be had. Nino feet at loast, in width, in tho centre to ho evenly 
 wvcred, ;hnclics in depth, over tho highest logs, with earth IVoni tho side ditches, whleii 
 ire to be :> teet wide and 2 foot deep, on one or both sides if reiiuired to draw ofi" the water ; 
 otherwise, the earth to bo obtiinod olsowliero. Where it iiiuy bo fimnd more suitable, (or 
 ke specially required at the time of lotting the work,) in swampy ground, the stumps are 
 tube cut even with the surface, 1(! feet in width ; the centre evenly raised (! inches,— the 
 whole to be then covered with softwood brush and small trees, the tops towards and over 
 the middle, to the depth of one foot in tho centre, when compressed, and inches nt tho 
 iides. The surface to bo closed with J] inches of swamp earth, with 8 inches of hard earth 
 over 9 feet in width of the centre, diminishing to 4 inches at the sides of the road, which 
 may bo made up with any earth obtainable. (Causeways and faacining, and the grubbiii" 
 previous to crowning, not to bo covered up till inspected and approved of. 
 
 8. On steep sideloug hiils the road is to be cut lower on the inside, and to bo 12 feet 
 wide; besides a ditch near the cutting, 18 inches wide and a foot deep. Tho face of all 
 luttiups to have slope back of one foot, for every one in height. Tho outside to bo built 
 upaoihlly, with stones, or sound timber not less than 10 inches at the .small end, with 
 cross-ties every 7 feot. Or the side may br made up with a layer of soft wood brush, laid 
 to;s out, for every six inches of earth, 
 
 0. Tn for i^n ■ the road, the earth is to be worked from the heights into the hollows ; 
 
 banks anu » lages, whore more excavation is not specified, aro to bo cut down 2 feet, if 
 necessary, to equalize the road. In deeper cuttings, the roadway may be only 12 feot wide, 
 in ptissiug among rocks, or in very rocky ground, a passat'e of 10 feet in width will ho 
 suflicieut, the points of tho rock to bo broken down, and the .spaces l)ctween them solidiv 
 bailt up with stones, and the whole crowned witli hard earth. 
 
 10. Tn descending hills, tho water to bo turiud off every nO or 150 yard^. accoidin-' 
 to the steepness, and at tho head of all cuttings. 
 
 11. No earth work done later than aist October will be accepted or paid for tbi.i 
 
 season. 
 
 12. AH trees that fall ou the road till linally received, to be cleared out, as well as 
 My overhanging or other timber, or trees that may be considered likely to fall into tho 
 
 
 oversee the work, the superintendent will be at liberty to annul tho contract, or employ 
 men to do the work at the contractor's expense ; and should there be less than six mea 
 
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