ANGLING 



The Canadian rivers in which the sport of salmon 

 fishing is practised by anglers, are found among 

 those which flow into the Gulf and lower part of 

 the river St. Lawrence, into the Bale des Chaleurs, 

 or the Atlantic Ocean. The governments of the 

 different provinces of the Dominion, in virtue of a 

 judgment of the Imperial Privy Council, claim to 

 be the owners of the rights to the salmon fishing 

 in all navigable waters, apart from those within 

 the limits of lands originally granted by crown 

 patents to their first holders, together with the 

 right of fishing in such waters. This claim is 

 contested by the riparian holders, and it is prob- 

 able that in time a test case will be taken to defi- 

 nitely settle the question, as many American anglers 

 have paid large sums of money for lands border- 

 ing upon famous salmon streams, in the belief that 

 the tenure of the property carries with it the right 

 of fishing in the waters included within its limits. 



Almost all the more accessible of the salmon 

 rivers in undisputed possession of the different 

 Canadian governments are under lease to clubs 

 or individual anglers. These leases are transfer- 

 able, and a few of them are now in the market. 

 Most of those still unleased are extremely difficult 

 of access, such as those flowing into the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence from the interior of Labrador, near the 



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