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Taverner in their respective accounts of the fauna pubhshed 

 in the reports of the Alpine Club of Canada. 



The Clearwater and Smoky Rivers Reserve. — This is the 

 largest of the reserves in British Columbia, and includes an 

 area of almost 885 square miles along the eastern side of the 

 south fork of the Fraser River. In the Order in Council of 

 September 2, 1912, creating this reserve, it is described as 

 follows: ''Commencing at a point at the junction of the 

 Clearwater and the South Fork of the Fraser River; thence 

 following the sunmiit of the range on the west side of the 

 Clearwater River, in a northerly direction to the head- 

 waters of the Clearwater River; thence in an easterly di- 

 rection following the summit of the range to the head- 

 waters of the Little Smoky [Morkill] River; thence still fol- 

 lowing the summit of the range on the East side of the 

 Little Smoky River, in a southerly direction to the South 

 Fork of the Fraser River; thence following the South Fork 

 of the Fraser River to the point of commencement." 



Special Reserve for Mountain Sheep. — By Order in Coun- 

 cil of November 11, 1913, certain lands in the Similkameen 

 district, described as follows, were reserved as grazing 

 ground for mountain sheep: ''Conunencing at a point being 

 the junction of Juniper Creek and the South Fork of Ash- 

 nola River, thence north along the east bank of the said 

 fork for a distance of one mile; thence in a southerly direc- 

 tion to the North Fork of Juniper Creek; thence in a westerly 

 direction following said creek to the point of commence- 

 ment." 



Summary of Game Reserves in Canada 



From the foregoing description of the areas set aside in 

 Canada by the Dominion and provincial governments for 

 the preservation of wild life, excluding the Dominion bird 

 sanctuaries in western Canada, which are described in an- 

 other chapter (see p. 235), it will be seen that altogether 



