1 86 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Crrey County— 



Presgue Isle Harbor^ on Lake Ontario, fine ducking- ground. Grand Trunk 

 Railroad from Coburg or Kingston. Hotel accommodation. Country hilly. 



Hastings County— 



Belleville. A fine place for black bass, especially in the month of May, when 

 they are taken in large quantities by the fishermen in seines. The shooting in- 

 clucles snipe, plover, ducks, partridges and red foxes. Belleville is on the "Bay 

 of Quinte, an expansion of the St. Lawrence River, and is reached by steamboat 

 and" the Grand Trunk Railroad. There is a game club here, and good hotel 

 accommodations, boats, etc. 



Bay of Quinte. Kingston and Belleville are on this bay. Excellent black 

 bass, pilce, perch, and mascalonge. Reached by Grand Trunk Railway. Every 

 accommodation. 



ICinffston County — 



Kingston. There is a section of country situated in Canada, near Kingston, 

 known as the Drowned Lands. To reach it from New York City, take New 

 York Central and Hudson River Railroad to Rome, Watertown and Cape Vin- 

 cent. All baggage checked through. At Cape V^incentyou can make any neces- 

 sary inquiries at the hotel, where the Kingston steamboats stop. In Kingston, 

 the British American Hotel is near the boat landing, and well kept. The 

 Drowned Lands district is accessible from Kingston by various routes ; pretty 

 well fished, and shooting fair. Bass and pickerel are caught in the Bay of Ouinte, 

 at Kingston. 



Lanark County- 

 Perth. Deer and partridge shooting, and fair trapping in the vicinity. The 

 fur bearing animals include otters, minks, beavers, foxes and coons. Reached 

 via the Brockville and Ottawa Railroad. 



Clayton. Fine bass fishing in the St. Lawrence at this point. Clayton is 

 eleven miles from Almonte, on the Brockville and Ottawa Railroad. 

 Xa Frairie County — 



La Prairie^ south side of the St. Lawrence. Among the islands in the Lachine 

 Rapids, bass are found in abundance, and there is splendid duck shooting, espe- 

 cially in the spring when the ice breaks up. A boat runs from Montreal to La 

 Prairie, which is nearly opposite. From there take a hack and boatman, and 

 drive down to the fishing ground. Desaultel is popularly and favorably known 

 as a guide and sportsman, which, indeed nearly all the villagers are. Charges are 

 trifling. 



Lincoln County — 



St. Catlierines. Quail shooting. Reached via the Great Western and Wel- 

 land Railways. Good hotels. 

 The MusTioJta District- 

 One of the most attractive regions in Canada for summer tourists embraces 

 what is known as the Northern Lakes, a chain lying north of Toronto, and com- 

 prising Lakes Simcoe, Muskoka, Rosseau, and Cocochong. This is a popular 

 resort for sportsmen, and supplies the best bass fishing to be had in Canada, as 

 well as superb trout fishing. The lakes vary greatly in size ; the larger ones 

 thirty or forty miles in length, and the smaller ones mere ponds, but clear and 

 deep, and all abounding in salmon trout, perch, black bass, etc. The principal 

 rivers are the Muskoka, with its two branches, both heading in lakes, and broken 

 by many falls ; the noble Magnetewan, the Severn, Moon River, Sharpe's Creek, 

 South River, and the Kasheshebogamog. Large trout abound in the South branch 

 of the Muskoka, which is broken by thirteen falls. This stream is some ten rods 

 wide and uniformly deep, with forests impinging upon the margin, in which deer 

 are very numerous. There are but few ruifed grouse and but little small game. 

 In the North Muskoka, there are no trout. In the Magnetewan, which empties 

 into Georgian Bay, the speckled trout reach five pounds in weight, black bass 

 eight pounds, and pickerel fourteen pounds. This river traverses the finest deer 

 country in Canada. Grouse are also numerous, and ducks in their season. In 

 Moon River are monster mascalonge. This stream is the outlet of Lake Muskoka. 

 On the Severn, between the towns of Bracebridge and Gravenhurst, is a fine ruffed 

 grouse district. 



