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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt:...Mckim. This township has been almost wholly burnt over. The greater part of it is rough and rugged, being cut up by high hills with swamps intervening. There are, however, some good flats along the line of the C. P. Railway, and a few patches of good sandy loam are scattered elsewhere. Most of the good land in the township is in the vicinity of the important town of Sudbury, which is the point of junction of the Canadian Pacific main line and the branch to Sault Ste. Marie. This township is very rich in minerals. Extensive mines of copper, nickel, etc., are already being worked. The good local market thus provided will render the arable lands in this neighborhood very valuable. The lots are of 320 acres each. For sale at oO cents an acre and settlement duties. Mattawan. Mattawan--meaning "The Forks "--is situated at the junction of the Mattawa and Ottawa rivers. It is bounded northerly by the Ottawa and on the south by the Mattawa. It contains an area of 49,593 acres. The Canadian Pacific station Mattawa, is at the village of that name on the south side of the river. The trade of the place being good and capable of very great increase, there is naturally a good local market for all produce, and this renders the adjacent land though of poor quality of greater value than it otherwise would be. The township consists of the usual rocky ridges of the Laurentian formation, alternating with valleys in which the land is capable of cultivation and sometimes rich. The timber is mixed hardwood and pine, the best of the latter having been cut long ago. The lots are of 100 acres each. Open for location under the Free Grants Act. May. The Spanish river flows through this township southwesterly, LaCloche westerly, and Sable liver from the northwest to the Spanis...