REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION 



APPENDIX No. VI 



REPORT OF C. C. PARKER, INSPECTOR OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR 

 ONTARIO AND OUEBEC, TO THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT 

 GENERAL OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, ON THE HERD OF REINDEER 

 TAKEN OVER FROM DR. GRENFELL AND MAINTAINED AT 

 LOBSTER BAY, ON THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. 



Ottawa, November 15, 1919. 



Sir, — With reference to the herd of reindeer which we are maintaining at 

 Lobster bay, I beg to report as follows: — 



Following out instructions received at Quebec, w^hile en route to the gulf, I 

 succeeded in purchasing the quantity of wire fencing asked for and had it shipped 

 on a steamer which at time of shipment, was supposed to be going to a point 

 not far from Lobster bay. The steamer, however, on account of ice conditions, 

 turned back from Harrington Harbour, where the wire was landed. Proceeding 



Government Reindeer Herd, Lobster Bay. 



-A. Living. 



down the coast in the Department's boat, I endeavoured at several places to 

 engage boats to transport the wire to its intended destination. This entailed 

 considerable delay and proved unsuccessful as the fishing season was on, and no 

 person would leave their traps for such a trip. In the meantime a steamer w^hich 

 Avas going as far as Mutton bay passed down and I arranged for the wire to be 

 forwarded to that point. I finally reached Rocky bay without having found 

 means of transport for the wire. After a few days at Rocky bay, I succeeded in 

 engaging a large fishing boat and crew to make the trip, and the ware was landed 



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