DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1937 13 



In Quetico Provincial Park there has been increased activity in the way 

 of tourist traffic and there is now one well patronized tourist camp in the 

 Park and one immediately adjacent to it with inquiries respecting others. 

 The fishing has been exceptionally good and tourists are now entering the Park 

 through Lac La Croix on the westerly boundary of the Park, which is a com- 

 paratively new port of entry. A general supervision has been maintained 

 with the aid of the Forestry aeroplane in that district and there has, therefore, 

 been very little trouble from poachers. The fur-bearing animals, more particu- 

 larly beaver, are on the increase. Fishing in the many well-connected waters 

 of this Park continues to be a major attraction, while the canoe routes are a 

 source of much enjoyment by those not particularly interested in fishing. 



Commercial camps in Lake Timagami report a gradually increasing 

 business and they hold out great hopes for the coming season. The demand 

 for privately owned summer resorts continues and during the season several 

 cottages were erected and more islands leased. The fishing was reported 

 fairly satisfactory. 



The continued increase in the number of wild deer in Rondeau Provincial 

 Park rendered it necessary, as in the past, to reduce the number by one hundred 

 during the past winter. 



Well directed and officially organized plans extending over a reasonable 

 period are being laid to eliminate the roving herds, numbering probably 

 four hundred, now closely inbred and finding it difficult to obtain sufficient 

 sustenance. A few years ago adequate measures were taken to provide a 

 large enclosure to care for such numbers of deer as will entirely meet Park 

 needs and this makes it possible to free the park of the remaining unrestrained 

 numbers that are a constant menace to the young tree growth of the Park. 

 Until such time as this is accomplished, all projected programs respecting the 

 reforestation of certain areas must be deferred as the deer in their foraging 

 treks leave no vestige of the tender foliage of new plantations. 



As a stop-over flight from North to South, large and numerous flocks of 

 wild ducks and geese visit the. marshes in the Park each fall, and afford the 

 followers of Nimrod an ample opportunity of testing their skill and bagging 

 the limit. There are now four families of large eagles which make their home 

 in the Park, and add to the attractions provided by nature for the tourists. 



The shaded drives throughout the Park continue to attract thousands of 

 visitors, many from the United States, during the summer season. 



TIMBER ADMINISTRATION 



The area under timber license at the end of the fiscal year is indicated at 

 12,733 square miles as compared with 13,300 square miles a year ago. 



Sales of timber during the fiscal year were made to the number of 86. 

 In the previous year, 80 sales were made. 



Of the total sales as shown in Appendix 11, it is observed that 49 covered 

 areas of one square mile or less while 27 covered two to five square miles each, 

 there being but ten sales where the area of any was in excess of five square 



