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CHAPTER XXI. 

 ALONG THE LINE OF THE C. P. R. 



HP HE main line of the C.P.R. from the time it leaves Van- 

 couver until after it leaves Sicamous behind, passes a 

 succession of places where the finest fishing can be 

 obtained, sonic of the waters being close to the railway, others 

 within a short distance. In fact, there is hardly a station 

 between the two points above mentioned where sport of some 

 kind cannot be obtained. The C.P.R. also has a great advan- 

 tage over the other line of the Province as, being an older line, 

 there are many more places where good accommodation can 

 be obtained. 



In addition to the main line, the branch lines are almost as 

 good. The line from Spence's Bridge to Nicola, following the 

 Nicola River which will often yield some fine trout, passes into 

 a country which is a mass of streams and lakes which can 

 nearly all be reached by motor car and have the finest kind 

 of speckled beauties waiting to be caught. 



From Sicamons to Vernon, little fishing can be obtained in 

 close proximity to the line, but it is only a short distance to 

 Okanagan Lake, where the landlocked steelheads are caught up 

 to fifteen pounds in weight. From Penticton, at the foot of the 

 lake, the line again passes through a good fishing country to 

 Nelson, from which point some of the most famous waters of the 

 Kootenay may be reached. Along the Crow's Nest line you 

 have the Goat River and the Elk River. 



Along the Columbia Western, which runs from Golden to 

 Cranbrook, there is a succession of fine lakes, while the St. 

 Mary's River, which runs into the Kootenay near Fort Steele, 

 is pretty hard to beat. 



THE COQUITLAM 



This stream runs from Coqnitlam Lake for seven or eight 

 miles to where it empties into the Fraser River. It can be 

 reached by the C. P. R., getting off at Westminster Junction, 

 fourteen miles from Vancouver. From this point it is only a 

 few minutes' walk to the stream. Or it can be reached by 

 auto from Vancouver via Westminster, a drive of about fifteen 

 miles to the first good water. 



It is still quite a good stream for steelheads in the spring, 

 when a few dolly vardens may also be taken, and for rainbow 

 and cut-throats in the fall. 



