80 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 
more slender and less massive than those carried by sheep 
in the Rocky Mountain region of the same province. The 
female sheep have short, goat-like horns, which are erect 
and flattened, and they measure from five to eight inches. 
In Alberta the Rocky Mountain sheep are found through- 
out the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, from the 
international boundary to the region of the Smoky River, 
and at the head of the Grand Cache River. In the southerly 
part of their range they have suffered severely through the 
excessive hunting of the Stoney Indians, but a number of 
circumstances are now tending not only to prevent their 
further reduction, but to insure an increase in abundance. 
The Indians are now compelled to observe the provincial 
game laws, which require a bag limit of two sheep and fix 
the open season from September 1 to October 15. The 
most important factor, however, in protecting the sheep 
and insuring an increase is the protection they secure in the 
Dominion Parks. In the Waterton Lakes Park, in the 
south, they are reported to be more plentiful. Their in- 
crease in number in the Rocky Mountains Park is very 
noticeable. In fact, the presence of a flock of ewes and 
lambs in the neighbourhood of the Vermilion Lakes auto- 
mobile road is one of the attractions of Banff during the 
summer. Jasper Park contains a large area of sheep coun- 
try, in which the present stock of sheep will undoubtedly 
increase through the absolute protection accorded to them 
by the game-protection policy of the Dominion Parks. 
These three extensive areas, that are described in greater 
detail elsewhere, will insure the preservation of this species, 
and will act as a source of natural supply for the adjacent 
mountains outside the confines of the parks. 
The Rocky Mountain sheep in British Columbia may be 
killed between September 1 and November 15, in all 
districts except the electoral districts of Yale, Similkameen, 
and North and South Okanagan, in which they are given 
