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DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1942) 



Beaver 



Fisher 



Fox (cross) 



Fox (red) 



Fox (silver or black) 



Fox (blue) 



Lynx 



Mink 



Muskrat 



Raccoon 



Skunk 



Marten 



Otter 



1938 



25 



16 



235 



140 



24,848 







2 



21,982 



302 



351 



9 



11 







1939 



2 



19 



197 



120 



22,923 



98 



2 



30,378 



267 



284 



6 



15 







1940 



4 



27 



168 



96 



18,327 



209 



2 



31,989 



235 



243 



10 



19 



2 



1941 



13 



26 



134 



65 



16,034 



397 



2 



34,277 



179 



139 



7 



16 



2 



This breeding stock retained on licensed fur farms as at January 1st, 1941, was 

 estimated to have a replacement value of $2,094,341.00. 



Departmental compilation of fur records shows that licensed fur farmers during 

 the year 1940-41 disposed of the following pelts from stock raised on their premises, 

 viz: — 



62.281 mink, 59,790 of which were exported and the remaining 2,491 dressed in 

 the Province. 



34.282 silver and black fox, of which 25,001 were exported and the remaining 

 9,281 dressed in the Province. 



285 blue fox, of which 282 were exported, and the remaining 3 dressed in the 

 Province. 



202 cross fox, of which 111 were exported and the remaining 91 dressed in 

 the Province. 



CROWN GAME PRESERVES 



Practical protection has been afforded wild life through the setting aside of 

 extensive areas of land as sanctuary for game. At the present time the various Game 

 Preserves scattered throughout the Province have a combined area of approximately 

 thirteen thousand five hundred square miles. Much of this land is still in the Crown, 

 particularly in Northern Ontario, but many of the smaller areas have been set aside 

 with the consent of the land-owners. Much of the land is wild land, particularly 

 suited for the development of large and small game, while in the southern section 

 of the Province they are well adapted to the protection and propagation of upland 

 game, including birds. 



During the period under review only one new Game Preserve was established. 

 This was the Kapisko Beaver Sanctuary, situated in the District of Patricia. The 

 primary function of this Sanctuary is to enable the Department, with the co-operation 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company, to restock the area with beaver, control the annual 

 take, and provide a restricted trapping ground for the benefit of Indians resident in 

 the Province. The trapping of fur-bearing animals other than beaver will be permitted 

 to resident Indians. 



