RESERVES FOR WILD LIFE IN CANADA 249 
of years at least, among the animals enjoying protection is 
worthy of serious consideration. 
PROVINCIAL GAME RESERVES IN MANITOBA 
In Manitoba the provincial government has established 
game reserves on the Dominion forest reserves; in certain 
cases the entire forest reserves are created game reserves, 
but where the forest reserves are very extensive, as in the 
case of the Riding Mountain and Duck Lake Mountain 
Forest Reserves, only the central portion is set aside for the 
protection of wild life. 
The distribution of the game reserves of Manitoba is 
shown in the accompanying map, and their areas are as 
follows: 
Riding Mountain Game Reserve........... 216 square miles 
Spruce Woods "9 Pty paa tise tart TOS . 
Turtle Mountain “ Fy iced heme ous tases 9914 “ a 
Duck Mountain “ yeaa oate er 432“ i 
Peonan Point a Pik Ce aman aly ce : 
Red Deer Point % REN coeepatane eats | aa 4 
Doghead Point ef Wa a4 Seca, ES 225 “ ye 
Grindstone Point “ Ad SOAP he awe Oe % 
Lake St. Martin “ FE ea een Oh ete PAD 0° “ 
Reindeer Island A yeh GOAT 2p Vac lel Gahan: if 
Cedar Lake iy SiR Rin Sh ei ene D978 is it he 
Birch Island eae SPP aes ceise ce kan Sialiiat . 
Lake Winnipegosis ‘ Fal ere eR aico eae ge BS pec ra ff 
Altogether these game reserves comprise an area of 5,160 
square miles. In all of them, with the exception of the 
Cedar Lake Reserve, hunting or trapping and the carrying 
of firearms is absolutely prohibited. In the Cedar Lake Re- 
serve, however, only the hunting or killing of wild fowl and 
other game-birds is absolutely prohibited; as this reserve 
comprises some of the most important breeding and feeding 
places for many species of ducks and also geese in the whole 
of western Canada, its value in maintaining an abundant 
