22 KENDALL: NEW ENGLAND SALMONS. 



from Amerdlok Fjord at Holstenborg and Kapisilik in the Gothaab Fjord). The char 

 on the other hand, occurs all along the coast.' In another connection on page 35 Jensen 

 said, 'The true salmon {Salmo solar), as already mentioned, occurs in too small numbers 

 to be of any importance.' 



On the authority of Ludwig Kumlien, Bean (1879, p. 134) records Salmo solar as 

 obtained in quantities in Cumberland Gulf waters, but says no specimens were obtained 

 that were not split or otherwise mutilated. Low (1897, p. 329-330) states that it is 

 abundant in the rivers flowing into Ungava Bay, but says that it is absent from Hudson Bay. 



The late Dr. Wakeham (1898, p. 77) stated that salmon are found in all the bays and 

 larger streams of Labrador and that an extensive salmon fishery is made In August by 

 the Hudson's Bay Company at Georges, Whale, and Ungava or Koksoak rivers. He 

 stated that salmon are found as far north as Lancaster Sound, and that these and the 

 salmon on the eastern shore of Bafiin Land are exactly hke those taken in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence. 



While the foregoing accounts appear authentic, there is considerable direct and 

 indirect evidence that some other salmonid was mistaken for salmon and Dr. Wakeham's 

 report does not indicate that he actually saw the fish. Kumhen's statement is plainly 

 open to doubt, but Wakeham's statement that the fish were exactly like those entering 

 the rivers of the Gulf of St. Lawrence appears positive enough. Yet there is the pos- 

 sibility that even he was mistaken, as will appear later. Low's record is Ukewise open 

 to doubt, for there is no evidence that the fish were positively identified.^ 



In various other reports and pubhcations pertaining to these northern regions there 

 are frequent references to 'sahnon' but all are reducible to northern chars. Thus Wake- 

 ham mentioned a small salmon in Hudson's Bay which he thought might be 'Hearn's 

 Salmon.' 'Salmo heornii' is known to be a char. 



Packard (1891, p. 399) stated that at Hopedale the salmon were quite rare and that 

 he was informed that it was not common north of that point. Hopedale is in about 

 north latitude 55°, or approximately halfway between the Strait of Belle Isle and the 

 entrance to Hudson Strait, a little beyond lat. 60° N. Low (1897, p. 330) stated that 

 there was no evidence that the salmon migrated along the coast. 



However salmon are fairly common at least as far north as Jack Lane Bay in about 

 lat. 56° N., beyond which there are no fisheries especially for salmon. But stragghng 

 salmon are occasionally caught in cod traps at Nachvak Bay, which Ues a little north 

 of lat. 59°. At Saglek Bay, about 58° 20' north latitude, on July 30, 1929, the captain 



'Since the above was written I find that Prof. J. R. Dymond has pubhshed a note (Dymond 1932, p. 185) stating that 

 Captain John Hearn, C.G.S. Mikula, Quebec, reports that Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar) occurs in the following rivers of 

 Ungava Bay: — Koksoak, Chimo, St. George's, and Leaf; that considerable numbers are caught and salted in some years 

 at the Hudson's Bay posts on these rivers; that they are not found west of Cape Hope's Advance; that discussions with 

 Captain Hearn convinced Prof. Dymond that the fish were 'properly distinguished'. 



Prof. Dymond does not say how Captain Hearn convinced him that the salmon of Ungava Bay were 'properly distin- 

 guished' as Atlantic salmon. From Prof. Dymond's note alone I can but suspect that the supposed salmon is a large char 

 which has been stated to attain a very large size in that region. My suspicion is supported somewhat by the fact that 

 Captain Hearn does not mention Ungava Bay among those localities where he said he had seen 'Sea trout.' He says he had 

 seen the species taken as far north as Resolution Island, also in McClure Strait, and at Port Burwell. 



