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overseer. Many of the lakes can be reached only when the 

 snow sets in, so as to make the woods passable. The Gati- 

 neau Lakes, in Ottawa county, teem with fine trout, some 

 of a very large size, and with whitefish {Corregonus albus), 

 some of which weigh as high as thirteen pounds. So plenti- 

 ful are they that it is asserted that 2,000 lbs. weight could 

 be supplied for market weekly. Pemachonga, one of the 

 chain of lakes, contains speckled and gray trout {tidadi), 

 maskinonge, and pike. In Thirty-one Mile Lake, blapk bass 

 abound near the small islands. At Whitefish Lake, two years 

 ago, whitefish were so plentiful that for miles along the shore 

 the water seemed alive with them. In the townships of 

 "Wakefield, Portland, and others, in the neighborhood of the 

 city of Ottawa, the streams have been set apart for natural 

 propagation and well protected. They literally teem with 

 speckled trout, and being easy of access, are a source of great 

 enjoyment to anglers. Last winter not less than three tons 

 of trout were brought to the Ottawa market, and about half 

 a ton of pickerel. 



Anglers who propose to visit this utter wilderness, will 

 be able to get information and guides at Ottawa. Those 

 who go must expect to rough it. There is no other alter- 

 native. 



