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tion possesses in the parks. These areas have been pre- 

 served from the vandal hand of the builder for the use and 

 enjoyment of the public, who may take their holidays there 

 and keep close to nature under the most comfortable condi- 

 tions, amassing a store of health which will make them 

 better able to cope with the strenuous life to which they 

 return after their vacation." 



PROVINCIAL RESERVES FOR GAME AND WILD LIFE 



All the provinces of Canada with the exception of Prince 

 Edward Island and Nova Scotia have now established game 

 reserves for the protection of their game and fur-bearing 

 animals and wild Hfe generally. 



New Brunswick Game Reserve. — In New Brunswick such 

 excellent conditions existed for the creation of a game re- 

 serve in the central portion of the province, and the need 

 of such a means of maintaining an area where absolute 

 protection might be provided for wild life became so great, 

 that the Commission of Conservation actively promoted 

 the establishment of such a provincial reserve, and the pro- 

 posal received the unanimous approval of the sportsmen 

 and the strong support of the New Brunswick Guides' 

 Association. 



It is gratifying, therefore, to be able to include the prov- 

 ince of New Brunswick among those provinces possessing 

 game reserves, for in the spring of 1919 the New Brunswick 

 government passed a ''Game Refuge Act," providing for 

 the setting aside of a suitable tract of land not exceeding 

 400 square miles, ''as a refuge for game animals, birds and 

 fish of the Province." In this provincial game reserve the 

 law forbids trespassing, hunting, or trapping, and provision 

 is made for the protection of the timber and the prohibition 

 of fishing. 



The tract of land selected as the New Brunswick Game 



