A TROUTING TRIP TO ST. IGNACE ISLAND. 99 



touch and upon which we camped, is separated from 

 the larger by a channel of from fifty to a hundred yards 

 wide, and is about two miles by a half a mile in size, 

 having one bold headland five hundred feet high. 

 Neither island is inhabited except by occasional Indians 

 and other fishermen ; nor do either of them, so far as I 

 observed, contain any agricultural land, the formation 

 being rock. Both, however, as well as contiguous 

 groups, are mostly covered with a thick growth of 

 spruce, balsam, birch and mountain ash. This last is 

 so plentiful that in the autumn its brilliant red leaves 

 may be seen from quite a distance at sea, framed in a 

 background of dark green spruce, and presenting a 

 most charming view. The larger island contains in it- 

 self numerous small lakes which abound in pike (E. 

 lucius), and what we Canadians call yellow pickerel 

 (Stizostedium vitreum), really pike-perch. No one 

 bothers catching these, however, as the surrounding 

 waters yield an enormous supply of choicer fish, among 

 which are said to be ten varieties of the salmon family ; 

 besides whitefish, some of which attain to seventeen 

 pounds in weight ! I took some trouble to ascertain 

 the local names by which the various species of trout 

 are known, and the greatest attested weight of individ- 

 uals of each. I am indebted to Mr. Wm. Boon, of 

 Barrie, Ontario, a professional fisherman who spends 

 four months of every year upon the island, for the fol- 

 lowing list, which I give without vouching in any way 

 for this queer addition to the salmon family: 



