DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1947 



These ofificers were responsible for enforcement throughout the Province 

 of provisions of the Game and Fisheries Act and Regulations, the F'isheries Act 

 (Canada), the Special Fishery- Regulations for the Province of Ontario, and the 

 Migratory Birds Convention Act and Regulations. 



Previous to the amalgamation of the Department of Game and Fisheries 

 with the Department of Lands and Forests, these enforcement officers had been 

 subject to direct administration from headquarters at Toronto, though in that 

 portion of the Province lying north and west of the French and Mattawa Rivers 

 and Lake Nipissing, they were under the immediate supervision of district 

 superintendents, viz: — 



(a) at North Bay,— 



in the Districts of Nipissing (north of the Mattawa River and Lake 

 Nipissing), Timiskaming, Cochrane, Sudbury and Algoma; and 



(b) at Fort William, — 



in the Districts of Thunder Ba\ , Fort Frances and Kenora. 



In the territory south of the French and Mattawa Rivers and Lake Nipissing 

 there were 74 officers; in the territor\' under supervision through the North Ba> 

 office there were 35 officers; and in the territory under supervision through the 

 Fort William office there were 17 officers. 



As of March 31, 1947, there were 177 officers in the enforcement service of 

 the Fish and Wildlife Division, — 92 in Southern Ontario, 52 in the districts 

 formerly supervised through the North Ba>- office, and 33 in the districts formerly 

 supervised through the Fort William office. In general terms. Southern Ontario 

 comprises the following forestry districts, viz: Algonquin, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, 

 Lake Simcoe, Parry Sound, Quinte, Rideau and Trent. The area formerly 

 supervised through the North Bay office comprises the following forestry Dis- 

 tricts, viz: Chapleau, Cochrane, Gogama, Kapuskasing, North Bay, Sault Ste. 

 Marie and Sudbur>'. The area formerly supervised through the Fort William 

 office comprises the following forestry Districts, viz: Fort Frances, Geraldton, 

 Kenora, Port Arthur and Siou.x Lookout. 



The Fish and Wildlife enforcement officers assigned to each District are 

 under the immediate jurisdiction of the District Forester in charge. There is 

 attached to the office of each District Forester a Fish and Wildlife Specialist, 

 whose principal responsibility is to advise enforcement officers in the field and to 

 co-operate in the supervision of the services of these enforcement officers. 



Border patrols were maintained during the summer months at various ports 

 of entry from the United States into Ontario, including Fort Frances, Pigeon 

 River, Sault Ste. Marie, Sarnia, Windsor, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, the Thousand 

 Island Bridge at Ivy Lea, Prescott and Cornwall. The principal service of the 

 officers engaged in these patrols was to advise American visitors on their arrival 

 in Ontario of the requirements of the Special Fishery Regulations and to check 

 the exportation of fish by such non-resident anglers on their departure from the 

 Province. 



During the oi)en season for deer in the fall, active road patrols were main- 

 tained in several Districts and particularh' in those areas in which the him ting 

 of deer was intensive, with a view to contacting hunters returning from their 

 hunting exix-ditions and checking on the animals whlc-h had been taken. 



Resulting from the operation of these patrols, much \aluai)k' intormation 

 accrued io this Division, and there is every reason to believe that the activities 

 of the officers who undertook these patrols were responsible for a more rigid 

 compliance with the provisions of oiu' legislation and regulations I)\- those par- 

 ticipating in the recreation derived from angling and hunting. 



