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DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1944) 



CROWN GAME PRESERVES 



The only extension in the policy of creating and maintaining Crown Game 

 Preserves throughout the Province was the addition of a further Beaver Sanctuary, 

 in the District of Patricia. The area involved was contained within the following 

 boundaries, viz: — on the east the west shore of James Bay north from the mouth 

 of the Kapiskau River to a point in latitude 54 degrees and 30 minutes north, on 

 the north the parallel of latitude 54 degrees and 30 minutes north west from the 

 shore of James Bay to longitude 85 degrees, on the west the 85th meridian south 

 from latitude 54 degrees and 30 minutes north to the south bank of the Kapiskau 

 River, and on the south the south bank of the Kapiskau River from the 85th Meri- 

 dian to the west shore of James Bay. 



This area was designated as the "Attawapiskat Beaver Sanctuary" and the 

 regulation which governs was provided at the suggestion of the Hudson's Bay Com- 

 pany. This regulation for the protection of beaver will be effective for a period 

 of five years, with a provision for extension of such protection provided the terms 

 can be reasonably observed. Trapping of fur-bearing animals other than beaver is 

 restricted to Indians resident in Ontario, and the introduction of beaver for purposes 

 of re-stocking the area is to be undertaken by the Hudson's Bay Company. 



This is the fourth such Beaver Sanctuary which has been created in the far 

 northern portion of the Province. 



The only other regulation with reference to Crown Game Preserves which 

 was adopted during the year provided for a change in the boundaries of the Mark- 

 ham Crown Game Preserve, located in the Township of Markham (York County), 

 and which was originally established by Regulation dated April 22nd, 1936. 



WOLF BOUNTIES 



The following is a comparative statement showing annual wolf bounty sta- 

 tistics for a period of five years ending with the fiscal year 1943-44: — 



The rate of bounty which was paid during the 1943-44 period was $25.00, 

 and on pups, animals under the age of three months, $5.00. 



The very noticeable increase in the number of wolves which was killed dur- 

 ing the year was perhaps largely due to the more favourable weather conditions 

 which prevailed during the winter. 



Claims for the payment of wolf bounty numbering 1,511 and covering a total 

 of 2.126 wolves were submitted to the Department. Of these claims twenty-nine 

 (29) affecting forty-nine (49) animals were disallowed for various reasons princi- 

 pal among which were that the pelts submitted on examination proved not to be 

 wolves and also that insufficient evidence was produced. At the end of the fiscal 

 period seven applications in respect to twelve (12) additional wolves were in 

 abeyance, and as indicated in the preceding statistical table bounty was paid during 

 the year on a total of 2,065 wolves. 



The following is a summary showing in detail the sources of origin and the 

 varieties of wolves on which applications for bounty were submitted: — 



