88 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 
Distribution—While the greatest numbers, not only in 
Canada but in North America, are to be found in British 
Columbia, they are also found in Canadian territory on the 
eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and in 
the Yukon. 
In Alberta they appear to be holding their own. The 
following are the numbers of mountain goats obtained by 
hunters, under license, in this province within the past few 
years. 
1909 1910 1911 1912 19138 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 
38 46 56 58 42 61 40 26 37 43 
In the Dominion Parks in Alberta there will always be a 
plentiful supply of mountain goats, as the parks that in- 
clude portions of the Rocky Mountains afford exceptionally 
good localities for these animals. In Jasper Park they are 
increasing in numbers and may frequently be seen there 
in their characteristic haunts by visitors. They are also 
increasing in numbers in the Rocky Mountains Park, where 
they may be found in nearly all parts of the park, partic- 
ularly on the Sulphur Range and on the high, rocky ridge 
at the summit of the White River and the West Fork of the 
Elk River. In the Waterton Lakes Park they are very 
plentiful. 
In British Columbia they are very abundant, and may 
be found on the mountain ranges from the summit of the 
Rockies to the sea-coast. In his annual report for 1915 Mr. 
Bryan Williams, provincial game warden, states: “‘More 
people hunt goat than formerly, but the number killed is 
so small as to have no effect on the enormous numbers of 
these animals. Except in one or two places very easy of 
access, they are as numerous as they ever were.”’ And in 
the report for 1916 Mr. Williams states: ‘‘Goats have been 
but little hunted this year; they seem to have increased in 
several of the places where they were getting a bit scarce.” 
