14 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 



tourist outfitters, provision was made for the first time to license tourist outfitters 

 operating throughout northern Ontario and in those portions of the Districts of 

 Parry Sound, Nipissing and Haliburton and the County of Renfrew lying north of 

 the line of the Canadian National Railway from Parry Sound to Pembroke. In all 

 some four hundred and twenty-seven camps were licensed, eighty-three in the District 

 of Kenora, twenty-seven in the District of Rainy River, two in the District of Patricia, 

 nineteen in the District of Thunder Bay, sixty-six in the District of Algoma, thirty- 

 eight in the District of Sudbury, thirty-two in the District of Manitoulin, seventy- 

 nine in the District of Nipissing, seventy-four in the District of Parry Sound, and 

 seven in the County of Renfrew. Of this total three hundred and eighty-eight were 

 operated by residents of the Province under license issued at a fee of $10.00 each, 

 while the balance of thirty-nine were operated under license issued to non-residents 

 at a fee of $25.00 each. 



The regulation of these camps will be of a supervisory nature, while a degree ' 

 of protection from undue encroachment will be afforded those who already have 

 made large investments in the establishment of permanent camps. The licensing 

 of these camps will also be of much assistance to the Department in the protection 

 of the fish and game resources, because it places an added responsibility on the 

 owners to see that law observance is maintained so far as each individual camp is 

 concerned. As the license is renewable yearly it is obviously in the interest of the 

 licensee to see that his operations are conducted in such a manner that the best 

 possible service and accommodation will be afforded the tourist at rates consistent 

 with the class of service rendered. 



From the standpoint of the owner or operator much benefit should accrue. 

 Embodied in each application for a license is a questionnaire asking for information 

 in connection with the camp which might be available for the Department to dis- 

 seminate to tourists. The answers provide information as to the number and kind 

 of cabins, the various kinds of boats, number of available guides, names of adjacent 

 lakes and rivers, kind of fishing, adjacent hunting territory, species of game to 

 be had, nearest Provincial Highway and distance therefrom, nearest railway, and 

 any other general information the operator may care to supply. This information 

 when received is not only tabulated for the use of the Department of Game and 

 Fisheries but is also passed on by us to the Provincial Tourist and Publicity Bureau 

 which features the tourist advertising work for the Province and responds to 

 thousands of enquiries yearly for just such information as will now be systematically 

 available from the camp operators. This service should prove of very great benefit 

 to those engaged in the operation of tourist camps in that portion of Ontario which 

 is affected, and the supervision exercised under the license will ensure protection 

 for the visitor. 



AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT: 



Amendments enacted by the Legislative Assembly and which became effective 

 during the year included: 



Changes in the regulations which apply to the hunting of deer provided for 

 an additional division comprising the southern portions of the Districts of Algoma 

 and Sudbury and the open seasons which would be effective therein, also for a 

 change in the dates of the open season on Manitoulin Island and made provision 

 for the use of do/^s in more liberal proportion. 



Prohibited the carrying of high-powered rifies during the deer season in areas 

 inhabited by these animals under the authority of any hunting license except the 

 one issued for the taking of deer, as well as prohibiting the use of snares in any 

 part of the Province during the deer season. 



Established by legislation different divisions of the Province in respect to the 

 trapping of muskrats and provided the various open seasons to be applicable therein. 



Provided protection for and made unlawful the shooting of ospreys and eagles. 



