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very bank of the Metapedia, so that it is perhaps the most 

 accessible river in all Canada. The fish do not take the 

 fly quite so freely in the Metapedia as in the Restigouche; 

 seldom more than one hundred fish have been taken in a 

 season. Season, July and August. 



The Restigouche is divided into two angling stations, 

 one commencing at the mouth of Metapedia, and extending 

 upwards about 20 miles, the other includes all the upper 

 waters of the river; these are let for $20 each per annum 

 up to 1880. Of the two, the lower section is the better. 

 At the mouth of Metapedia there are one or two pools, 

 in which casual anglers can get fishing on payment of 

 $1 per diem ; but these pools are generally over-fished. 

 Salmon average about 16 Ibs. on the Restigouche. The 

 river is very large, and a good deal of fishing is done 

 out of canoes. In the year 1874 over fifteen hundred 

 salmon, averaging 16 Ibs., were killed with the fly on 

 Restigouche and its tributaries. Before the confedera- 

 tion of the provinces one bank of this magnificent river 

 belonged to Lower Canada, the other to New Brunswick. 

 Each province had different fishing regulations, and, as 

 might be supposed, between the two all protective mea- 

 sures fell to the ground. After confederation matters 

 mended. The fishing regulations were assimilated, and 

 to a certain extent enforced ; one-half the stake-nets 

 were done away with, and the take of fish, five years after 

 these salutary reforms were effected, was trebled. In 

 1873 the total catch of salmon in Restigouche was about 

 500,000 Ibs. The Upsalquitch, a large tributary of Resti- 

 gouche, on the Brunswick side, is an uncommonly pretty 

 stream to fish. It is leased up to 1880, at $20 per 



