The last spring frost occurred about May 31st and the last killing frost in the fall, on September 3rd. From what I could learn in conversation with trappers and Indians, the past summer was exceptionally dry, but the rainfall is never very great. The total snow fall seldom exceeds three feet. I should judge that, climatically the area is suited for agriculture, but the uncertainty in regard to frost would tend to make it somewhat precarious. The area in general, is a broken plane characterized by heavy accumulation of drift, which for prominent hills, especially noticeable on Dore and Smoothstone Lakes.
White spruce is the commercial tree of the area.
It is not found in pure stands, but always in a mixture, chiefly of poplar, under which it reproduces heavily. It reaches its best development on well drained soils. The largest individual was noted on a high hill on the south shore of Dore Lake. In the spruce-aspen areas, where dense, the herbaceous growth consists of violets, strawberry, sarsaparilla, and other plants whose names were not known. In more open woods, peavine grows thickly with a profusion of golden-rod and wild orange lilies.