GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 20t 



million and a quarter acres of wilderness, comprising the county of Restigouche, 

 the same being traversed in all directions by the Restigouche River and its tribu- 

 taries, which afford easy thoroughfares for canoes to its innermost penetralia. 

 Moose, caribou, bear, wild cat, and lucifee abound, beavers build their dams, and 

 many varieties of fur-bearing animals and small game are found. The streams are 

 filled with salmon and trout in their season. This region is easily reached by the 

 Inter-colonial Railway, either from St. John or Quebec ; or by Gulf Port steamers 

 from Shediac on the Inter-colonial, or by stage from Chatham or Newcastle. Gulf 

 Port steamers and stages touch at Dalhousie, near the mouth of the Restigouche, 

 where anything needed for an outfit can be obtained. The railway runs through 

 Dalhousie to Matapedia Station, thirty-eight miles up the river, and the centre of 

 the salmon region. Here is a telegraph station, stores, post ofBce, and an excellent 

 hotel, kept by Mr. Fraser. Here can be obtained canoes, guides, and provisions, 

 for the journey up the river ; and in case sportsmen come into the wilderness at 

 the upper end of the river, goods and necessaries must be sent up by a previous 

 timely order to meet the incoming party. It is about eighty miles up stream to the 

 portage which must be crossed by those talking the route referred to, which is by 

 railway via Bangor to St. Croi.x, on the European and North American Railway, 

 thence to Woodstock by rail, and thence by stage via the Grand Falls to the 

 mouth of Grand River, which is fifteen miles further, the whole stage journey 

 being about forty-five miles, over a most excellent and picturesque road that fol- 

 lows the course of the noble St. John River. At Grand River, batteaux can be 

 procured through Mr. Violet, a French Canadian, to take you to the portage, fif- 

 teen miles up the river, at which point you meet the canoes from below.' The 

 advantage of the latter route , is that you reach more quickly the heart of the hunt- 

 ing country though for the matter of game, there is plenty, from Dan Fraser's all 

 the way up stream, with the exception of an inhabited stretch of the first twenty 

 miles or so. Cost of canoe, with two Indians, $2 per day and " found." Larry 

 Pecaire, Catpat, Peter, and John Morrison are good reliable guides. 



Cambelltown. In the vicinity of Cambelltown, which is on the Restigouche 

 River, twenty miles above Dalhousie, is most excellent duck and goose shooting 

 in September. The river above is filled with marshy and grassy islands, where 

 the wild fowl tarry on their migrations. Guides and canoes obtained at the In- 

 dian Mission across the river. Cambelltown is reached by the North Shore 

 steamers, plying between Shediac, Richibucto, ( hatham, Bathurst, Dalhousie, 

 etc., and by the Inter-colonial Railway from St. John and Shediac. Good hotels 

 and delightful scenery. Also trout, sea trout, and salmon fishing. 



Eel River y twelve miles drive from Dalhousie, over excellent roads, abounds in 

 their season with curlew, brant, snipe, ducks, geese, and numerous other varieties 

 of wild fowl. Indians and canoes can be had at Dalhousie, if not on the spot. 

 Eel River is filled with marshes and grassy spots, with an abundance of suitable 

 feed, and here the birds tarry long in their migrations southward to the waters of 

 the Chesapeake and the sounds of North Carolina. The shooting is equal to that 

 found later in the places last named. 



St. tTolin County— 



St. John. Excellent fishing may be found in Tracey's Lake, twenty-eight 

 miles from the city. Good hotel accommodations are to be had. 



Riley's Lake, Saddler's, McCracken's, Chambers', Lerrio, Bal's, Beaver, Deer, 

 Latemer, Loiig's, Spruce, and Lake Lomond are all fine waters to fish in, and 

 vary from seven to twenty miles in distance from St. John. With the exception 

 of the white trout family of this latter lake, the fish of all these waters are of the 

 very finest class, being handsomely formed, brightly spotted, and of an exquisite 

 reddish salmon color 



Lake Lomond is a delightful resort, being only eleven miles from St. John. It 

 consists of a chain of three lakes, and in extent covers fully two thousand four 

 hundred and eighty acres. It contains the red and white trout, both of which are 

 taken at three and four pounds weight. The Ben Lomond House, at the foot of 

 the lake, furnishes excellent fare. Boats are to be hired here. There is also ex- 

 cellent stream fishing near St. John, as Mispeck stream, Nerepis, Radcliff's, Col- 

 lins', and lastly, Garnett's Creek. 



Quaco. English snipe, duck and woodcock. Reached via the Inter-colonial, 

 or the European and North American Railroad. 



Westmoreland County— 



Petitcodiac, on the European and North American Railroad. Good trout fish- 

 ing will be found in the PoUet River and Anagance streams near by. Comforta- 

 ble accommodations in the village. 



