The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume X, No. 6 [‎118v] (89/186)

628 THE TOPOGRAPHICAL WORK OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA.
Manitoba and North-West Territories. —In 1873 Dr. Selwyn made a
track survey of the Saskachewan river from Eocky Mountain House on the North
Branch to Cumberland House, 798 miles. In 1878 and 1879 Dr. Bell made track
surveys of the shore of Lake Winnipeg between Dog Head and Drunken river; of
the Nelson, Hayes, and Grass rivers; of the canoe-route from Split lake on the
Nelson to the Churchill and lower portion of the Churchill, in all 1710 miles. In
1879 Mr. Cochrane, Dr. Bell’s assistant, surveyed Gode and Inland lakes, the
eastern portion of Oxford lake, and the connecting streams, 585 miles. In 1880
and 1881 Mr. Cochrane made track surveys of—
(1) Canoe-route from Cross lake by Pine, Moose, and Saskachewan rivers to
Cumberland House, 242 miles.
(2) Canoe-route by Grassberry river to Thog portage, thence by Churchill and
Deer rivers to Reindeer lake, and Reindeer lake, 763 miles.
(3) Route by Cochrane river. Hatchet lake, and Black river to Lake Athabasca,
and north shore of the lake, 625 miles.
(4) Athabasca river from the mouth to its confluence with the Clearwater,
thence by the Clearwater and Churchill rivers to Thog portage, 760 miles.
(5) Route from Pelican lake to Cumberland House.
Total measurements, 2390 miles.
In 1881 and 1882 Dr. Dawson, with Mr. McConnell as assistant, made 2315
miles of odometer, and 110 miles of paced and track surveys in the country
between Medicine Hat and the Rocky mountains on the east and west, and the
49th parallel and the Red Deer river on the north and south respectively. Dr.
Dawson, with Mr. Tyrrell as assistant in 1883, and with the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. as assistant in
1884, made a reconnaissance survey of that portion of the Rocky mountains lying
between the parallel of 49° and 51° 30'. These surveys were continued north
ward to the North Saskatchewan by Messrs. McConnell and the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. in 1885,
and by Messrs. McConnell and Russell in 1892.
In 1883 and 1884 Mr. McConnell, with Mr. Dowling as assistant in the latter
year, made 1800 miles of odometer surveys of trails and exploration lines, and 250-
miles of river traverse ih the country between Medicine Hat and the eastern end
of the Cypress hills on west and east and the 49th and 51st parallels. Mr. Tyrrell
in 1885, and Messrs. Tyrrell and Dowling in 1886, made similar surveys and ex
plorations in that portion of Alberta and the adjoining districts, lying between
110° W. and 115° W. and 51° 30' N. and 54° N.
The above-mentioned surveys of Messrs. Dawson, McConnell, and Tyrrell have
been published, on the scale of 8 miles to 1 inch, in the Bow and Belby, Cypress
hills, and Northern Alberta maps, and cover an area of 100,000 square miles.
In 1882 Mr. Cochrane made track surveys of Berene, Big Black, and Poplar
rivers, and of the headwaters of Severn and Pigeon rivers, 287 miles. In 1886
Mr. A. P. Low made a micrometer traverse from Lake Winnipeg to Hudson bay
by way of the Buens river to Family lake, thence by the headwaters of Poplar
river and the middle branch of the Severn to Severn lake, thence by the Fawn and
Severn rivers to Fort Severn, 882 miles.
In 1887 to 1891 Messrs. Tyrrell and Dowling surveyed, with micrometer or
boat-log, Winnipegosis, Dauphin, Red Deer, Waterhen, and other lakes and portions
of Lake Winnipeg; also made track surveys of the Bad-throat and other rivers to
the east of Lake Winnipeg, and odometer surveys of trails and exploration lines in
North-Western Manitoba. In 1895 and 1896 Mr. Tyrrell continued the work in
this district, and surveyed the Gunisao, Black, Pigeon, Blood, Pine, and Wolf
rivers, the Playgreen lakes, the canoe-routes from Sipi-wesk lake to Nelson House.,
and from Paint lake to Sturgeon river.