Nova Scotia Trout-Fishing 

 in September 



A LITTLE legal business in connection with a 

 gold-mine in Nova Scotia unexpectedly detained 

 Walter and me in Bridgewater. It was beautiful 

 mid-September weather. Sitting in the office of Clark's 

 Hotel one evening, the conversation turned to trout- 

 fishing. One of the gentlemen entertaining us with 

 local history mentioned the wonderful trout-fishing at 

 Indian Gardens. As Walter's hobby was trouting, he 

 pricked up his ears with a large " P." It seems that 

 Indian Gardens was situated at the outlet of Lake 

 Rossignol, the largest lake in Nova Scotia, and, as the 

 name implies, was the summer camping-ground for the 

 Micmacs. The obliging native mentioned such famous 

 trout-fishing places as the " Screecher," " Trout Brook," 

 " Fifth Lake Run," " Shelburne River," and the 

 " Hopper." All this was Greek to me, but in spite 

 of the uncanny names, according to our informant, the 

 trout infested these places in large numbers. 



Walter suggested that we go up and try this fishing. 

 Upon our acquaintance's advice, we telephoned 

 Mr. Kempton, the proprietor of the Alton House in 

 Caledonia, a little town thirty miles from Bridgewater, 

 on the Halifax and South-Western Railway. He said 

 that if we would come up on the train the next evening 

 he would procure a guide by the name of Joe Patterson, 

 who had a boat, tent, blankets, etc., to chaperon us 

 around the Rossignol watershed. 



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