150 BAIE DES CHALEURS. 



The Gulf Port steamers which ply "weekly between Quebec 

 and Picton, touch at Dalhousie and Campbelltown ; and the 

 North Shore steamers touch also at Bathurst at the mouth 

 of the Nepissiguit. The sport'sman who has time for a 

 summer cruise should continue his coach journey from the 

 Tabusintac to Bathurst, and putting up at John Ferguson's 

 hotel, examine the attractive little town with its shipyards, 

 its lumber-mills, its fish-canning establishments, its church 

 si^ires, court-house, handsome private residences, and adja- 

 cent farms. It is one of the most beautiful spots in the 

 Province. It is located upon two elevated points of land 

 connected by a bridge, and commands a picturesque view of 

 Bathurst Bay and its islands. Four rivers run together and 

 form a magnificent basin, along whose undulating shores are 

 scattered pretty cottages and farms. This town is supposed 

 to have been occupied by colonists of M. Jean Jacques 

 Enaud, as early as 1038. 



The season for fly-fishing in the Bay commences as late as 

 the 20th of June, and continues until the 20th of August ; 

 but the harvest-time is from the 20th of July until the 10th 

 of August. By the 1st of August the black flies have com- 

 pleted the period of their ranging to arid fro upon the face 

 of the earth, and the millennium commences. Here at 

 Bathurst the angler can take his carriage or wagon and drive 

 to the " Narrows," or to " Pabineau Falls," spend the day in 

 fishing, and then, encasing his scaly trophies in envelopes of 

 spruce boughs, tied neatly with cedar roots, stem, stern, and 

 amidships (to speak in sailor lingo), lay them lovingly in the 

 bottom of his vehicle, and drive home elated by his good 

 fortune and the trophies of his skill. 



The reader must constantly bear in mind that all these 

 delectable rivers are leased, and that these unusual privileges 

 are obtainable only by purchase or favor. The universal 

 panacea for one's envy in these cases is an application to the 

 Fisheries Department at Ottawa and a deposit of two hun- 

 dred dollars or so for a lease. 



