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more than five miles broad at its widest 

 place. 1600-2300 ft.. 



Bird Sanctuaries in Saskatchewan 



Cabri Lake. Covers 3^ sq. mi. of 

 prairie, sagebrush, cactus, and alkali 

 area with a ravine and rocky situations, 

 lake and spring. Altitude 2300 ft. 

 Located 5 mi. south of Mantario,t 

 Saskatchewan on the Canadian National 

 Railroad. Canadian National Parks 

 J. B. H.-L. H. 



Crane Lake. Covers 23 sq. mi. of lake 

 and islands with prairie, sagebrush and 

 cactus, marshes. Located 5 mi. east of 

 PiopotJ Station on the Canadian Pacific 

 Railroad. Canadian National Parks, 

 J. B. H.-L. H. 



Lenore Lake. Includes 37^ sq. mi. of 

 lake, shore and islands, deciduous forest, 



Erairie and swamp. Altitude 1865 ft. 

 ocated 18 mi. north of HumboldtJ on 

 the Canadian National Railway. 

 Canadian National Parks. J. B. H.- 

 L.H. 



*Last Mountains Lake. Embraces 92 

 sq. mi. of lake with marshes, shores, and 

 some prairie. Located 10 mi. west of 

 Govan| on the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way. This is probably the first bird 

 sanctuary in North America. It was 

 reserved in 1887. Canadian National 

 Parks. J. B. H.-L. H. 



Quill Lake. Covers 250 sq. mi. of 

 shore, water and islands. Deciduous 

 forest, prairie, marsh. Located at Quill 

 LakeJ Station on the Canadian National 

 8 mi. north of Wynyard| on the Cana- 

 dian Pacific. Canadian National 

 Parks, J. B. H.-L. H. 



Big Stick Lake. Includes 20 sq. mi. of 

 prairie, sage brush, sand areas, marshes 

 with antelope present. Altitude 2500 

 ft. Located 20 mi. north of Maple 

 Creek on the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 road. Canadian National Parks. J. B. 

 H.-L. H. 



White Bear Lake. This is 3 sq. mi. OJL 

 steppe, semi-desert, sage brush, and 

 cactus, with some ravines. Valuable 

 duck breeding ground. Altitude 2050 

 ft., located 5 mi. south of Elrose. 

 Canadian National Parks. J. B. H- 

 L.H. 



Chapin Lake. Includes 73 sq. mi. of 

 which 18 are water, prairie, sagebrush, 

 and cactus, sand areas, shore, marsh, and 

 lake. Located at Chapin, Canadian 

 Pacific Railway. The lake is strongly 

 alkaline. Canadian National Parks, J. 

 B. H.-L. H. 



Redberry Lake. Embraces 30 sq. 

 mi. chiefly water, but with deciduous 

 forest, prairie, marsh, and shore. Alti- 

 tude is 1700 it. Located at ^Redberry 

 Station, Canadian National Railway. 



No hotels available.** Canadian Na- 

 tional Parks, J. B. H.-L. H. 



Basin Lake. Includes 28 sq. mi. of 

 water and island, deciduous forest, 

 prairie, some marsh. Altitude 1865 ft. 

 Is 24 mi. northwest of Humboldt J on the 

 Canadian National Railway. Cana- 

 dian National Parks, J. B. H.-L. H. 



Johnston Lake. Covers 125 sq. mi. 

 with prairie, sagebrush, cactus, marsh 

 and the lake. Altitude 2189 ft. Located 2 

 mi. north of Expanse} on the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway, 25 mi. south of Moose 

 Jaw, Canadian Pacific Railway, can be 

 reached from Moose Jaw by automobile. 

 Canadian National Parks, J. B. H.- 

 L.H. 



Game preserves set aside by the provincial 

 Government 



The Provincial Government has set 

 aside as Game Preserves the three 

 following areas: 



The water and shores of the north and 

 south branches of the Saskatchewan 

 River from the Alberta boundary to the 

 point where the two branches unite at 

 Fort a la Corne. 



The water and shores of Wascana 

 Lake, in the city of Regina, Sask. 



The Isle of Bays, a small rocky island 

 in Lake Johnston, 25 mi. south of Moose 

 Jaw, Sask. (See account of Lake Johnston 

 Bird Sanctuary.) On this island, white 

 pelicans, double-crested cormorants, and 

 other birds breed. John Smith Dexter. 



Miscellaneous areas not elsewhere 

 described 



The Churchill River Basin. Includes 

 1000 mi. of river, wet spruce forest, and 

 broad, marshy hay -meadows. Birds 

 abundant, including grebes, ducks, 

 cranes, rails, herons, pelicans, cormo- 

 rants, gulls, terns, snipe, etc. Bear, 

 moose, and smaller mammals abound, 

 with muskrat and porcupine prominent 

 among them. The breeding season for 

 birds begins in May. Ducks hatch in 

 June and July. In spite of many forest 

 fires in various portions of it, the country 

 could hardly be more primitive. Alti- 

 tude, 1200-1500 ft. 



The region may be entered by the 

 Canadian National Railway to Big 

 River Sask., Prince Albert Sask., or 



