When the White Man Displaced the Indian, the Elk Moved 

 Away. 



"It is our opinion, based on the observations of many 'old 

 timers' that the elk did not wait for anything like complete 

 extermination. When settlement entered, they moved on. 

 This was repeated time after time as one district afte' 1 an- 

 other was reached by the advancing wave of civilization. 

 The last of these waves as it swept up into Roseau County 

 drove the elk on ahead. That was the first American inva- 

 sion of the Canadian Northwest. 



"Some of the animals however did not take to the idea 

 of becoming Canadian citizens and instead of crossing the 

 line, chose to migrate eastward into the wild country between 

 Red Lake and Lake of the Woods. There in the great poplar 

 and birch forests which have been passed by the lumber- 

 men, a few elk have persisted, but only a very few. In Man- 

 itoba it is different. 



Descendants of the Minnesota Herd Found in Canadian 

 Province. 



"Last fall I traveled through some of the forests of Mani- 

 toba. This is a so-called 'prairie province,' but like Minne- 

 sota., is more than half forest. One doesn't have to go very 

 far from Winnipeg to get into elk country. Immediately 

 north of Shoal Lake the hunting country begins, and the 

 quantity of big game between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Man- 

 itoba is simply wonderful. In addition to the thousands of 

 elk found there one can find plenty of moose and caribou as 

 well as white-tail deer and an occasional black tail or mule 

 deer. Those elk, I am firmly convinced, are the direct de- 

 scendants of our own Minnesota herds. They are well taken 

 care of by our friends across the line. Good game laws well 

 enforced, with an occasional game preserve where hunting 

 is prohibited, render the magnificent elk or 'wapati' safe from 

 extermination in a part of the province chiefl*y valuable for 

 timber production, fisheries and sport. It afforded me a lot 

 of satisfaction to trail down and shoot a, fine bull elk up 

 there in the forests of Manitoba. It seemed like taking up 

 his trail in the snow where my father left it years ago. 



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