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GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Montmagny County — 



Montmagny. Good snipe and duck shooting on the small islands in the St. 

 Lawrence, near this point. Reached via the Grand Trunk Railway. 

 Montmorency County— 



The Isle of Orleans. The Argentenay meadows on the north shore, at the ex- 

 tremity of the island, are fine hunting grounds for wild fowl and other game. 

 The island is connected with Quebec by steam ferries. 



Chateau Richer. On the marshes excellent duck, snipe and partridge shoot- 

 ing, with trouting in the upland streams. This locality, fifteen miles from Quebec, 

 and easily accessible by carriage road or steamboat, is a favorite resorrtor the 

 sportsmen of that city.' Fair hotel accommodations will be found. 



Montmorency River. Excellent fishing for trout, thirty miles above the falls. 

 At the falls, eight miles from Quebec, is good trout fishing, but the property is 

 protected by the owner and proprietor. 



Ottawa County— 



Thurso. Duck and deer hunting on the Ottawa near this place. Reached 

 via the Grand Trunk Railroad to Lachine, thence via steamer. Provide for 

 camping. 



JPontiac County — 



Victoria Lake and vicinity is a good locality for caribou, moose, grouse, hares, 

 and trout. 



Pont Neuf County— 



Jacgties Cartier River. Trout in upper part, above the falls ; salmon in lower 

 part. For trout take wagon twenty-five miles from Quebec. John Bayard will 

 furnish canoe and man. Must camp out. For salmon, take steamer up the St. 

 Lawrence to the mouth of the Jacques Cartier, and there obtain canoes. Country 

 hilly. 



The Quebec Country — 



The region designated as the Quebec country is included within a circuit of 

 one hundred miles, lying north of the city of that name. We say a hundred miles, 

 because the sportsman, however much of an ambitious or exploring turn of mind, 

 would scarcely undertake the journey through to Hudson Bay or Labrador, 

 though these are its boundaries proper. Within the distance there is still a vast 

 unexplored mountainous tract, among which are numberless lakes, rivers and 

 streams affording, each and all, such fishing and pleasant enjoyment in the wild 

 camp life as are not to be had elsewhere short of the Rocky Mountains. 



The Jacques Cartier is the first river of any importance which you strike after 

 leaving Quebec. It is twenty miles distant from that city and is the boundary 

 of the setTlemenls to the north. The river is extremely picturesque in its meander- 

 ings among the numerous islands with which it is dotted and affords some excel- 

 lent trout fishing. Salmon fishing is to be had lower down. It is navigable for 

 canoes for fifty or sixty miles from its mouth, with but few portages. 



Two days' tramp from the Jacques Cartier is the St. Ann's, a shallow rapid 

 river flowing between high precipitous mountains expanding at intervals mto 

 large deep pools, in which lurk some fine fish. One of the largest of these pools 

 is called the Peche a Malcolm. Between the two rivets are many large lakes, 

 deep among the mountains. Tontari, Grande Lac, and the lakes of the river Aux 

 Pins, afford the finest fishing. Caribou and moose can be successfully pursued 

 here in fall and winter. The lakes abound in ducks which breed on the islands. 



Outfits must be of the lightest, for everything has to be carried on the back of 

 the guide over high mountains. Leave this matter to the guide and let him pro- 

 cure under your supervision whatever is needful and nothing more. You must 

 expect to carry your own little traps. No tent is requisite, as a bark camp can 

 be soon constructed with little labor. 



For guides, we can refer to George Neil, Robert Douglas and young Pat Cas- 

 sin, all of Valcartier. Indian guides can be obtained at the Indian village of 

 Lorette, on the road to Valcartier. Charlo Gros-Louis, Francis and Etienne are 

 good reliable men. There are others doubtless equally as good. All speak 

 enough English to get along with. 



Charles Wolff of Valcartier will accord all sportsmen a cordial welcome and 

 put them on the road to good sport. The cost of a trip of two or three weeks' 

 duration, including fare to and return, will not exceed $60. 



