FISHING IN CANADA 397 



The Highwood River is a beautifully clear stream 

 similar in many ways to the Dee, with splendid trout 

 fishing. 



Thorp Creek, thirty miles south of Calgary, is another 

 very fine trout stream coming from the Rockies, and so 

 also is Willow Creek, fifty miles south of Calgary. 



These rivers afford ideal camping grounds in the foothills 

 of the Rockies, and camping outfits, good conveyances 

 etc., can be easily obtained at Calgary, Lundbreck, etc., 

 but, as is the case from here to the St. Lawrence River, 

 " Muscabane " is very much wanted. 



From almost any town and from every station on the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway in the Rockies trout fishing may 

 be obtained, as also on the Crows Nest Line to the south. 

 In British Columbia the Elk River with its tributaries affords 

 fine sport, and is best accessible from Sparwood, about ten 

 miles east of Fernie. 



The Kootenay district for trout is liard to beat. On 

 Vancouver Island, easy of access, is the Oyster River, a 

 short distance north of Comox and also the Campbell river. 

 Near Victoria are the Shawnigan Lake and Cowichan river, 

 which afford good fishing. Close to Vancouver are the 

 Capilano and Seymour Creeks, and the Squamish can also 

 be reached from the same place in a short time. 



Fish Lake, near Kamloops, is also an excellent place, and 

 there are a number of adjacent lakes equally good. 



Besides the different varieties of salmon and trout in 

 Canada there are also to be caught maskinonge and bass. 



THE MASKINONGE 



The maskinonge is by far the largest game fish in the fresh 

 waters of the Northern Hemisphere, and is well called the 

 " water tiger " of the inland seas. It is popularly known 

 in Canada as the " longe." These fish are said to 



