108 KENDALL: NEW ENGLAND SALMONS. 



one man caught 50 or 60 salmon in the Ausable River where no salmon had been seen for 

 15 preceding years. This appears to indicate that the salmon had ceased to abound 

 in the lake, although more or less sporadic occurrences were afterwards reported. 



There is no available information at hand concerning the lakes of New Brunswick 

 and Nova Scotia, other than those mentioned by Halkett, which were naturally in- 

 habited by lake salmon. I have data pertaining to one 'ouananiche' from Newfound- 

 land, which is now in the National Museum of Washington. 



Concerning the ouananiche of Labrador reported by Low: if the fish were really 

 salmon, as Low suggests, they must have found their way into those waters through con- 

 necting waterways, for they could not have ascended some of those rivers since the last 

 glacial period. With the exception of lakes Ontario and Champlain in the United States 

 no lake salmon of this type has been found to occur naturally in any waters outside of 

 Maine. Originally certain lakes of four river basins contained the fish, which in the 

 order named from east to west are: St. Croix, Union, Penobscot, and Presumpscot. 

 Concerning the natural distribution in Maine, Atkins (18846, p. 342) said that it is 

 singular that they have not appeared all through the Penobscot, as it has many lakes 

 seemingly well suited to them. 



Fish culture has extended their range considerably in Maine, where their introduction 

 into some lakes has apparently resulted in a permanent stock. But the results of stocking 

 other New England waters have not been so successful at least in estabhshing a self- 

 maintaining stock. The same lack of success obtains in other states. Even in Maine 

 attempts to stock small lakes have resulted in failure, owing, no doubt, to some condi- 

 tions unfavorable to the fish, principally lack of adequate breeding places or insufficient 

 food supply. 



There are two branches of the St. Croix River in Washington County. One branch 

 heads in a large lake lying between New Brunswick and Maine, known as Grand Lake, 

 which has a surface area of 23.68 square miles. This lake is the largest of that system. 

 It is said to have once contained resident sahnon. Some have been reported as caught 

 in comparatively recent years. But the western branch has always been the most noted 

 for lake salmon. Grand Lake, the largest of the group of lakes on this branch, is the 

 principal salmon lake, although salmon occur in some of the others. 



Green Lake, formerly known as Reed's Pond, is one of several small lakes in Hancock 

 County not far from Ellsworth. The lake fills a rather shallow basin among the hills. 

 Green Lake is one of the sources of Union River. Brook trout and smelts of two size- 

 classes are two of the indigenous inhabitants. 



Sebec Lake is the largest of a group of lakes which form the source of Sebec River, 

 a tributary of the Piscataquis River, which discharges into the Penobscot. It has a 

 surface area of 10.93 square miles. One or two other lakes contain lake salmon. From 

 Sebec Lake the fish ascend Ship Pond Stream, the principal inlet, and to do so have to 

 leap a considerable fall. Sebec Lake is the immediate source of the Piscataquis River. 

 A dam at the foot of the lake prevents the ascent of fish from the river. Among the 

 various indigenous fishes is the smelt. 



