GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 187 



To those leaving the States, Toronto is the first objective point, reached from 

 New Yorli by the Erie and Central Railroad, via Niagara Falls and Suspension 

 Bridge, and from the West by Lalce Shore and Great Western. 



From Toronto the route is via the Northern Railroad to Gravenhurst, or rail 

 to Belle Ewart, thence steamer to Gravenhurst. Thence the route is all by water 

 through Lakes Musltoka, Rosseau, and Joseph — all connecting. After a few miles 

 run the steamer turns into the River Muskoka, which it ascends seven miles to 

 Bracebridge. Bracebridge is the starting point for the South Muskoka and for 

 Trading Lake, sixteen miles distant, both splendid deer and trout districts, with 

 guides, boats and dogs at both places. It is necessary, however, to haul a boat 

 over to the former, some ten miles. Mr. Higgins, of Queens hotel, Bracebridge, 

 will be of service in securing guides and conveyance." At the head of Lake Ros- 

 seau is a fine hotel kept by Mr. Pratt. Good deer hunting and trout fishing and 

 every convenience there. At the head of Joseph Lake is a very comfortable 

 hotel kept by Mr. Fraser. Black bass fishing in the lake. There is a road from 

 there to Parry Sound and Georgian Bay. From Rosseau there is an excellent 

 mail road to the Magnetewan, thirty-three miles distant, and extending as many 

 more miles to Lake Nipissing. Telegraph communication between all these 

 points, which are designated here merely as places of rest and departure, acces- 

 sible to the most feeble, and comfortable in all respects tor the wives of sportsmen. 

 There is no end to minor obiective points which can be reached by steamboat, 

 skiff, or wagon — Gull Lake, near Gravenhurst, at the beginning of the interior 

 route, with fair fishing for salmon trout, speckled trout, pickerel and bass, and 

 some deer and ducks ; Moon River, twenty miles north-west from Gravenhurst, 

 with a beautiful fall, and ver^' good fishing for the fish above mentioned, and 

 mascalonge : Perch Lake, Silver Lake, Pickerel Lake, and Terry's Lake, all near 

 the head of^ Muskoka Lake, and well stocked with fish ; Sharpe's Creek, near 

 Bracebridge, with speckled trout ; a chain of lakes, reached by sixteen miles sta- 

 ging from Bracebridge, called Fairy Vernon, Fox, and Peninsula Lakes, with the 

 Lake of Bays, reached by a portage of three-fourths of a mile ; and best of all, 

 the waters adjacent to and including the famous Magnetewan, all of which teem 

 with deer, ducks and fish of various kinds. Of these are Aumick Lake, Seeb 

 Lake, White Lake, and Doe Lake, the last little visited but highly spoken of. 



The whole country is now so accessible that the sportsman can easily visit the 

 principal hunting and fishing grounds in the space of a single month. At the most 

 frequented places, boats, canoes, dogs, and guides can be procured. A canoe 

 with guide will cost $2 per day. Richard Crooks of Magnetewan will act as 

 guide for fishing and hunting parties on the Magnetewan, and furnish canoes, a 

 tent, and three dogs for $2.50 per day. Provisions and wagons can be obtained 

 at the larger towns, but it is advisable for the sportsman to take his own camp 

 kit and tent. Heavy clothing is requisite at all times of the year, although the 

 mid-summmer days are often very hot. June, September, and October are the 

 best months, the former for fish, the latter for game. The weather is not severe 

 in October, and navigation does not close until the end of the month. Expenses 

 of round trip for a month §100. Joseph Scott, Gravenhurst, will furnish guides, 

 boats and reliable information. A good map of the river and adjacent country 

 may be obtained of Charles Lount, Register, Bracebridge ; or of Adams, Ste- 

 phenson & Co., King St., Toronto. 



Niagara Cotmti/ — 



Niagara. The commons near the town are excellent grounds for plover 

 shooting. For the fishing of the Niagara River see Niagara, New York. On 

 the Erie and Niagara division of the Canada Southern Railroad. Good hotels. 



Northtimberland County — 



Harwood. In Rice Lake, bass, pickerel, mascalonge. Reached via Grand 

 Trunk Railroad from Toronto to Port Hope or Coburg, or \>y boat from Rochester 

 to Coburg, thence to Harwood seventeen miles. A. V. Denio's, and other hotels, 

 where Indians, canoes, etc., can be obtained. 



TliC Ottaiva District— 



One of the best hunting grounds, easily accessible from the cities of Montreal 

 and Ottawa, is to be found in the country watered by the River Nation and its 

 tributaries. This river, which empties into the Ottawa about forty miles below 

 the city of the same name, is long, narrow and deep, flows through a somewhat 

 flat country, and is one of the most important lumbering tributaries of the Ottawa. 

 It has numerous small streams running into it which render the surrounding 



