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of years at least, among the animals enjoying protection is 

 worthy of serious consideration. 



Provincial Game Reserves in Manitoba 



In Manitoba the provincial government has established 

 game reserves on the Dominion forest reserves; in certain 

 cases the entire forest reserves are created game reserves, 

 but where the forest reserves are very extensive, as in the 

 case of the Riding Mountain and Duck Lake Mountain 

 Forest Reserves, only the central portion is set aside for the 

 protection of wild life. 



The distribution of the game reserves of Manitoba is 

 shown in the accompanying map, and their areas are as 

 follows: 



Riding Mountain Game Reserve 216 square miles 



Spruce Woods " " 108 " 



Turtle Mountain " " 993^ " 



Duck Mountain " " 432 " 



Peonan Point " " 72 " 



Red Deer Point " " 39 " 



Doghead Point " " 225 " 



Grindstone Point " " 42 " 



Lake St. Martin " " 240 " " 



Reindeer Island " " 65 " " 



Cedar Lake " " 2,978 " 



Birch Island " " 57 " 



Lake Winnipegosis " " 587 " " 



Altogether these game reserves comprise an area of 5,160 

 square miles. In all of them, with the exception of the 

 Cedar Lake Reserve, hunting or trapping and the carrying 

 of firearms is absolutely prohibited. In the Cedar Lake Re- 

 serve, however, only the hunting or killing of wild fowl and 

 other game-birds is absolutely prohibited; as this reserve 

 comprises some of the most important breeding and feeding 

 places for many species of ducks and also geese in the whole 

 of western Canada, its value in maintaining an abundant 



