GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 1 23 



down on the Canada side at Niagara village, are bass, perch, and in the season 

 plenty of herring, with now and then a pike or mascalonge. 



At the " Old French Landing," within ten minutes walk above the Falls, is 

 a favorite spot for black bass and pike. Burnt Ship Bay, above, in the spring 

 teems with perch, and all around the bars of Navy Island, black bass are abun- 

 dant. The piles, standing in the water at the site of the old store-house, above 

 Gill Creek, are good tishing grounds for rock bass. Still further up the river at 

 La Salle, bass, perch and suntish are caught in great abundance. On the Canada 

 side, near Chippewa, excellent perch tishing is to be had. The shooting is for 

 quail, snipe, woodcock and black and grey squirrels. The latter are very abun- 

 dant along the line of the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad, west of Kendall station. 



Oneida County — 



The Mohawk and Sauquoit Rivers, and West Canada Creek, Black River, and 

 the streams about Boonville and Trenton, contain trout, and were stocked in 

 1876, by the Central New York Sportsman's Club of Utica. Reached by New 

 York Central, and Utica and Black River Railroads. 



Ftsk Creek, which empties into Oneida Lake, twenty-eight miles north of 

 Rome, is an excellent trouting stream. Take the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens- 

 burg Railroad. 



Onondaga County — 



Liverpool. Ducks and geese in the Seneca River near Onondaga Lake. Reached 

 via the Rome, Watertown and Ogden.sburg Railroad. 



Brewerton. Black and rock bass in the Oneida River. Reached as above. 



Skaneateles. Fine salmon trouting in the lake. Reached via the New York 

 Central Railroad. 



Syracuse. In Onondaga Lake are found ducks, and there is good snipe and 

 plover shooting in the vicinity. 



Baldwinsville. Ducks, wild pigeons, rabbits and other game. The common 

 varieties offish. Reached via the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad. 



Ontario County— 



Honeoye Lake affords good perch and bass fishing. Reached via the Central 

 Railroad to Honeoye Falls. Hotel, etc. 



Canandaigiia on Canandaigua Lake. Whitefish and trout afford fair sport. 

 Reached via the New York Central, or the Northern Central Railroad. Hotel 

 $1.50 to $2 ; teams $4 to $8. 



Orange County- 

 Florida. In Mirror Lake, a mile from Florida, are many varieties of fish, pick- 

 erel beins; abundant, and of large size. The lands and extensive wood three miles 

 from here afford excellent hunting for partridge, woodcock, snipe, squirrels and 

 other varieties of game. The Dill House at Florida, a famons hotel, and the 

 Glenmere House at the lake, are first class houses. In addition to these are sev- 

 eral private boarding houses. Reached via the Erie Railroad. 



Greenwood I^ake. Bass fishing, ruffed grouse, quail and woodcock. Take 

 Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad, a ride of forty-two miles from New 

 York. Hotel accommodations, boats, guides, etc., at the Brandon House. 



Monroe. Within a radius of three miles are four lakes : Round, Long, Mom- 

 basha and Hazzard's or Cromwell's, all ot them well stocked with fine varieties 

 of fish and affording excellent sport. Good woodcock shooting is found in the 

 vicinity. Reached via the Erie Railroad, fifty miles from New York. There 

 are several hotels and boarding houses, and accommodations may also be ob- 

 tained among the farm houses. 



Warivick. On the drowned lands of the Wallkill, covering a vast extent of 

 territory, the most noted resort for woodcock in this section of the country, they 

 are generally found in large numbers and the bags correspondingly large. There 

 is an excellent tavern at Pine Island, kept by the Carling Bros. Many sports- 

 men resort there. Reached via the Erie Railroad. 



Montgomery is in the vicinity of good hunting and fishing. Reached via tlie 

 Erie Railroad. 



Turner s. Black bass, quail, grouse, and other game. Reached via the Erie 

 Railroad, forty-seven miles from Jersey City. 



West Point. The only fishing near West Point for trout is in two or three 

 streams that rise in the Fishkill Mountains. A short drive from Cold Spring, 



