88 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 



Distribution. — ^While the greatest numbers, not only in 

 Canada but in North America, are to be found in British 

 Columbia, they are also found in Canadian territory on the 

 eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and in 

 the Yukon. 



In Alberta they appear to be holding their own. The 

 following are the numbers of mountain goats obtained by 

 hunters, under license, in this province within the past few 

 years. 



1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 

 38 46 56 58 42 61 40 26 37 43 



In the Dominion Parks in Alberta there will always be a 

 plentiful supply of mountain goats, as the parks that in- 

 clude portions of the Rocky Mountains afford exceptionally 

 good localities for these animals. In Jasper Park they are 

 increasing in numbers and may frequently be seen there 

 in their characteristic haunts by visitors. They are also 

 increasing in numbers in the Rocky Mountains Park, where 

 they may be found in nearly all parts of the park, partic- 

 ularly on the Sulphur Range and on the high, rocky ridge' 

 at the smnmit of the White River and the West Fork of the 

 Elk River. In the Waterton Lakes Park they are very 

 plentiful. 



In British Columbia they are very abundant, and may 

 be found on the mountain ranges from the summit of the 

 Rockies to the sea-coast. In his annual report for 1915 Mr. 

 Bryan Williams, provincial game warden, states: "More 

 people hunt goat than formerly, but the number killed is 

 so small as to have no effect on the enormous numbers of 

 these animals. Except in one or two places very easy of 

 access, they are as numerous as they ever were." And in 

 the report for 1916 Mr. Williams states: ''Goats have been 

 but little hunted this year; they seem to have increased in 

 several of the places where they were getting a bit scarce," 



