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Tourists. 



From a tourist standpoint this has been the most successful year since the 

 outbreak of the war, and we were glad to see many of our young men back who 

 had been overseas. Many came here to build up again, and the amount of benefit 

 received was certainly a tribute to health giving qualities of our great Provincial 

 health resort. The fishing was good, and some very fine specimens were taken 

 both of speckled and salmon trout, and small-mouthed bass. People are beginning 



A fisher, snapped in tlie park. 



to realize the value of this vast reserve and health giving region and are taking 

 a deeper interest in all that pertains to its improvement and protection. We 

 sold this year fishing licenses to the amount of $1,821.00, and guides' licenses 

 to the amount of $54.00. Guides pay a license of $1.00 each, so that we had 54 

 licensed guides working in the Park during the. past year. These are paid by 

 the different tourist parties coming in at the rate of $4.00 per day and canoe 

 found, and $4.50 if the guides furnish their own canoe. This represents over 

 $5,000 a month paid to men of the Province, principally by citizens of the United 

 States in this one section alone, and gives a very faint idea of what the tourist 



