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trade there from carrying on within their old grounds. It was scarcely expected 

 that any unanimity of consent would come from those immediately adjacent 

 to the Park boundary who had been accustomed to exercise certain privileges 

 and probably to carry on certain illegal practices. The Department in enlarging 

 the Park had in mind the general benefits that may accrue from creating and 

 protecting a new sanctuary which in due time will be greatly replenished in 

 wild game life that will trek to and restock outside areas. Then, again, if and 

 when in the public interest it is deemed advisable to throw open any portion 

 of the added area, such action can be taken. 



Four persons were found guilty of and fined for offences against the Regula- 

 tions. Their traps and skins were confiscated. Only four wolves were trapped, 

 but the finding of a number of deer apparently killed by wolves means sterner 

 measures must be taken towards lessening this menace. 



In the neighborhood of 500 non-resident fishing licenses were jgpUsJ during 

 the summer season, all from the United States, while on)?- Z per cent, of this 5 

 number resident in Canada took advantage of the g ri fishing opportunities 

 of Quetico. 



That our American neighbours appreciate to the fullest the Park's natural 

 beauties and sporting attractions is evident from the comments made and the 

 expressions of satisfaction heard in different quarters. The following excerpt 

 from a letter recently received from a prominent educationalist across the line 

 is interesting and enlightening: "For many years I have visited the Quetico 

 every summer; in fact I began going to the boundary waters in 1919, and have 

 not missed a summer since then. During the last five summers my trips into 

 the Quetico and the country north of it have occupied from ten to twelve weeks. 

 I have visited hundreds and hundreds of the lakes, and I really doubt if there 

 are many people outside of your ranger force that know the Quetico better 

 than I do. I have spent probably over 75 weeks in it. I go to the Quetico 

 country because of its beauty and because of the wild life it contains, my hobby 

 being making moving pictures of the life history of the big game mammals of 

 North America. On the Minnesota side of the boundary waters political con- 

 servation has so wrecked the wild life as to make visiting the Superior National 

 Forest nothing less than a profitless bore to me. On our side we have almost 

 exterminated the wild life, thanks to outlaw trapping and the misdirected energy 

 of crooked wardens. Mr. Jamieson and his men have protected their wild life 

 so that to-day the Quetico is rich in this respect. Last summer I photographed 

 99 deer and 68 moose in the Quetico! While I sometimes feel that the Quetico 

 is not fully appreciated by native Canadians — they have so much country at 

 hand — it is certainly appreciated in the States, and will, when financial con- 

 ditions ease a bit, be more used by us than ever." 



Mutual co-operation with the Department of Game and Fisheries during 

 the past two years has resulted in the Fort Frances Fish Hatchery getting 

 nearly seventy million Pickerel spawn for general distribution throughout the 

 portions of the Province requiring new stock. 



New regulations for the Park provide travel permits to enab e the staff 

 to keep a record of those entering and travelling through it, and to maintain 

 an easier check in case of fire or other emergency. Over three hundred such 

 permits were issued. Guide licenses to the number of 88 were granted, and 

 licenses for 31 motor-boats. 



The belief is freely expressed that on the return of normal times this Park 

 will be the cynosure and seasonal resort of many of the health and pleasure 

 seekers of Minnesota and the middle-western States. 



