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weight, and we have found in the course of our investigations at the 

 fishing stations that this is a pretty accurate estimate, and that the 

 entrails and waste products in the fish constitute about one-eighth, 

 or 12i per cent of the weight of the ' round ' fish. 



As evidence that there is still an abundance of whitefish in Lake 

 Winnipeg 1 may be instanced the early date on which the fish com- 

 panies closed down operations. Although fishing operations were 

 allowed by the regulations to end on August 15, each company had 

 secured its allotted quantity before that date, and closed down on the 

 following dates respectively: 

 t Northern Fish Company, George's Island, July 1. 



Northern Fish Company, Black river, July 3. 



Northern Fish Company, Warren's Landing, July 7. 



W. Robinson Company, Black river, July 7. 



W. Robinson Company, Warren's Landing. July 9. 



Roderick Smith, Sandy Island, July 20. 



S. Sigurdson, Selkirk Island, August 5. 



EXTENT OF THE WATERS. 



Area of the 

 several lakes. 



Tributaries of 

 Lake Winnipeg. 



Very few persons who have not visited the large lakes of Mani- 

 toba have any adequate idea of the vastness of these waters. Their 

 productive character has astonished all who have investigated the 

 fish and fisheries of Manitoba; indeed it is estimated that the lakes 

 and rivers of this province form about one-fifth of its total area, the 

 area of its various lakes being as follows : 



Square miles. 



Lake Winnipeg 9,460 



Lake Winnipegosis 2,086 



Lake Manitoba '. . . . 1,775 



Lake Dauphin. . . . 

 Lake St. Martin. . 

 Swan Lake. ..... 



Shoal Lake 



Waterheii Lake. . . . 



Dog Lake 



Ebb and Flow Lake. 



196 



125 



121 



102 



76 



64 



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A total area of more than 14,000 square miles. Such a lake as Lake 

 Winnipeg covers an area which makes it rank amongst the great 

 k'kes of the continent. It extends from latitudes 50-54 N. Lat. It 

 has a very large number of important rivers emptying into it, the 

 principal rivers being the Great 'Saskatchewan, the Winnipeg river, 

 the Red river, the Little Saskatchewan, the Brokenhead, the Bear, 

 the Black, the Bloodvein, the Beaver, the Catfish, the Bad Throat, 

 the Pigeon, the Berens, the Pelican, &c. Moreover, some of these 

 larger rivers have already received important tributaries before 

 entering the lake. Thus, the principal rivers discharging into the 

 Red river are the Assiniboine, into which again empties tbe 

 Qu'Appelle and. the Souris, the Little Saskatchewan and the Bird- 

 tail; and, still further up in the L T nited States territory, there are, 

 it is said, about twenty important streams pouring inlto this river. 

 It is impossible to give the list of streams and of lakes 'which empty 

 into the Winnipeg river. Some of them like the English river and 

 the Rainy river the latter in its course receiving the waters of 



