240 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 



Duck and other wild fowl are abundant during the 

 summer. 



Buffalo Park, Wainwright, Alia. — In the account that has 

 been given of the buffalo (p. 134) this park has already been 

 described. The entire area consists of hilly and rolling 

 country, with numerous lakes and bluffs, the largest lake 

 being Jameson Lake. These lakes furnish splendid breed- 

 ing-places for innumerable wild fowl, and when visiting the 

 park I have been very strongly impressed with its unusual 

 suitability as a wild-life reserve. The fact that most of the 

 land is not adapted for agricultural development makes it 

 all the more fitted for a reserve. 



In June, 1919, the population of the large animals was as 

 follows: 



Buffalo 3,830 Mule deer .420 



Moose 22 Antelope 2 



Wapiti 106 



Antelope Park, at Foremost, in southern Alberta, has 

 already been described in the account of the antelope (p. 

 71), of which there are now (1919) seventy-two* head in 

 the reserve. 



Yoho Park. — Yoho Park comprises an area of about 560 

 square miles on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. 

 It is divided into almost equal parts by the Kicking Horse 

 River. Including as it does some of the most beautiful 

 scenery to be found in the Rocky Mountain region, its chief 

 value lies in its scenic attractions. But nevertheless it 

 contains admirable natural feeding-grounds for the typical 

 animals of this region. 



Glacier Park. — Situated amid the snow-capped peaks of 

 the Selkirk Mountains, Glacier Park comprises an area of 

 about 468 square miles. Lofty mountains, deep valleys 

 clothed with dense forests of giant cedar, Douglas fir, hem- 



* In February, 1921, there were about one hundred antelope in the reserve. 



