290 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 
supply of wild fowl in Manitoba cannot be overestimated, 
and the influence of the protection given to the birds in 
this area will by no means be confined to the province. 
If we add to the area of the Cedar Lake Reserve the area 
of the adjoining Lake Winnipegosis Reserve, in which both 
game-birds and mammals are protected, we have a wild- 
fowl reservation of 3,565 square miles in extent, constituting, 
perhaps, the most important protected breeding-grounds for 
ducks and geese on the North American continent. 
The Riding Mountain Game Reserve is one of the most 
important of the provincial reserves in Manitoba, as it con- 
tains the largest number of wapiti or elk to be found in any 
one region in Canada (see p. 28). 
PROVINCIAL GAME RESERVES IN SASKATCHEWAN 
When the provincial government of Saskatchewan first 
undertook the wise establishment of game reserves, legisla- 
tion was passed which provided that all Dominion forest 
~aserves automatically became game reserves. This sys- 
tem worked admirably until the Dominion Government set 
aside such extensive areas in the province as forest reserves 
that it soon became undesirable to continue such a policy. 
The game laws were accordingly amended, and the areas 
set aside as game reserves were revised so as to conform more 
nearly with the existing requirements. Certain of the for- 
mer reserves were reduced in size, some were withdrawn al- 
together, and others were added to the number. 
The following is a list of the Saskatchewan game re- 
serves, with their areas, and their distribution is shown in 
the accompanying map: 
Moose Mountain Game Reserve........... 150 square miles 
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Beaver Hills ae UE Ta gas: SMe 2M 100) yu ce 
The Pines ce RRR ah A MATA 1GO ea: es 
