
Chaudiere Rapids, French River. 
IN THE MUSKOKA REGION. 
BY OLD FIN. 
Thousands of devotees of the rod and 
reel are unaware of the grand fishing 
which can be had in the regions north 
of Lake Ontario and east of Georgian 
Bay. Simcoe, Couchiching, Muskoka, 
Ahmic, Cecebe, Nipissing, and many 
other lakes lie in this section, each 
noted for sport, which is of the best 
as regards abundance and variety of 
fish, in all the waters. The Severn, 
Muskoka, Magnetawan, French and 
other rivers drain an immense terri- 
tory, and, as the country is only par- 
tially cleared and settled, every reach 
of water is alive with brook trout, pike, 
perch, mascalonge, and white bass. 
Charges at hotels and for guides are 
cheap, and every attention is given to 
sportsmen. There are comparatively 
few black flies, and poisonous snakes 
are unknown. Partridges and quail 
are almost as thick as blackbirds ina 
swamp, while deer and bear are fre- 
quently shot, and beaver, fox, and other 
fur-bearing animals are plenty. The 
heat ofsummerhasnoterrors there. My 
object in sending this article for publi- 
cation is to give an unvarnished descrip- 
tion of that section of this great sport- 
ing tract, known as the Muskoka re- 
gion, or cluster of lakes. 
These beautiful lakes are about 112 
miles north of Toronto, and are reached 
by the Northern or Northwestern Di- 
vision of the Grand Trunk Railway, 
connecting at Gravenhurst with steam- 
ers to any point on the lakes. hese 
are three in number, Muskoka being 
the first and the largest; Rosseau, the 
second and next largest, and Joseph, 
the third, being somewhat smaller than 
Lake Rosseau. From Muskoka wharf 
to the junction of Lake Muskoka and 
Lake Rosseau it is twenty-one miles, 
thence to head of Lake Rosseau it is 
‘twelve miles, and to the farthest point 
on the three lakes, starting from Ra- 
venhurst, at the foot of Lake Muskoka, 
it is forty-five miles. The width of 
these lakes vary from channel ways a 
few hundred miles in width to open 
stretches of water nearly five miles 
wide. 
These lakes are fed by several rivers 
and streams, chief among them being 
the Muskoka river, which enters the 
