THE BROOK TROUT 



Genus: Salvelinus, Species: Fontinalis, 



The Brook Trout, or, as called by many, the Speckled 

 Beauty, and by some the Square Tail, is a native of both 

 large and small streams and lakes east of the Mississippi 

 and the Saskatchewan rivers and north of the Chattahoo- 

 chee river. It is found in all suitable waters of this section 

 as far north as Labrador and Hudson Bay, but the ex- 

 treme northern limit is not as yet fully determined. 



It varies greatly in size, ranging in length from four 

 inches in small streams to thirty inches in lakes and large 



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