1907 GAME AND FISHERIES. 



Report of the Work Performed by the Steamer "Lurline" during :^art 

 OF sTEASON 1907 ON Lake Erie, Rivers Detroit and St. Clair, and 

 Lake Huron. 



Left Walkerville October 15tli at 4 p.m., and arrived at Amherstburg 

 at 6 p.m., and stopped all night. Mr. Holden and Mr. Shooan were on 

 board. Left Amherstburg next morning at 7 for Pelee Island, soutb wind 

 blowing bard, and returned to Amherstburg for the night, and spent all 

 next day there waiting for orders. On the 18th we left again at 7 a.m. and 

 went in to the harbor at Kingsville, where we stopped the balance of the 

 day, leaving again next morning at 9, going down around the Pelee Point, 

 and from there to Wheatley, where we overhauled two steamers, the "Dres- 

 den" and the "Louise" of Sandusky, both with fish on board and found them 

 all O.K. Returned to Pelee Island west dock, thence back to Amherst- 

 burg at 9.30 p.m. Weather stormy, rain and wind northeast blowing hard. 

 Sunday morning at eight it was still raining hard when we left for Wind- 

 sor, where we arrived at 10.30 a.m. From there we went to Walkerville, 

 and next day went out on Lake St. Clair and looked over the pound nets, 

 which we found to be all O.K., and returned to Walkerville at 2 p.m., 

 where Mr. Holden and Mr. Shooan left the "Lurline," and as the engine 

 was not running properly, we remained there for repairs. The engineer 

 left, as he did not understand the engine. We stayed over at Walkerville 

 until October 25th, when we left at noon for Lake Huron. Wind blowing 

 hard. Stopped at Courtwright all night. Left again next morning at 

 seven, and stopped at Sarnia, to repair engine, and left at eleven for God- 

 erich. Arrived off Goderich at 5.10 p.m., and there ran upon a submerged 

 crib at 5.20. We then worked at the boat until midnight with the tug "Hor- 

 ton" but could not pull her off, so left to wait for morning. The weather 

 at that time was calm. Went out to the boat at daylight, and found she 

 was filled with water. Wind at that time was northwest, and commenced 

 to blow hard. Returned and got tug "Horton" and lighter and returned 

 to wreck and stripped all the gear that could be got off and left her at 10 

 a.m. with the wind fresh and the seas making fast. 



On Monday the 28th there was nothing left of the hull of "Lurline" 

 boiler and engine on the crib, both having been washed off. 



V 



Report of the Work Performed by the Yacht ''I'll See" and other 



PATROL boats ON THE GEORGIAN BaY AND THE NoRTH ChANNEL DURING 

 THE YEAR 1907. 



The "VTi See" left Penetang on Tuesday the 30th April at 3 p.m. on 

 her first trip up the North Shore, and arrived at Muskoka Mills at 5 p.m. 

 in a snow storm. The weather was very cold. The next few days we 

 patrolled among the islands and bays searching for nets, but found only 

 one trap net, which we destroyed. By the end of the .week the weather was 

 so rough we had to put in to Go Home Bay for shelter, and while looking 

 around there we found some gill nets, which we lifted. We remained there 

 all night, and went to Penetang on Sunday morning. 



The following week we patrolled around One Tree Island, 

 Indian Harbor, Burrowes Point. Shawanaga Bay. Point au Baril, and Mc- 

 Coy's Island. At the latter place we saw some Indians fishing illegally, 

 but, as our engine was not in good working order, they got away from us. 

 After stopping the engine we could not start it again, so we towed the yacht 

 with our patrol boat to a place of shelter, where we had to stop for two or 

 three days on account of the rough weather. 



