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other railways become available to the tourist. Perhaps, therefore, the 

 best arrangement for the supervision of the ranging in the reserve would 

 be to furnish the superintendent with two permanent chief rangers; one 

 to be located in the northern section, with headquarters at Ombabika 

 Bay or some other suitable point; the other in the southern section, 

 with headquarters at Nipigon station. By this arrangement the super- 

 intendent would no longer be more or less tied to the vicinity of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway station at Nipigon village during the danger- 

 ous months for fire, but would be enabled to move freely about the 

 reserve at all times and see that the work of every description was being 

 properly carried out. Moreover, provision would thus be made for treat- 

 ing the reserve as a whole under the conditions which at no very distant 

 date will prevail in it. 



It is to be noted that at the present time very little is known of the 

 angling potentialities of Lake Nipigon and the rivers and streams enter- 

 ing it, beyond the general fact that speckled trout are abundant in 

 some parts of the lake and in most, at least, of the rivers and streams 

 flowing into it. It would seem that under an active superintendent, 

 relieved of duties which keep him practically continuously in the vicinity 

 of the river, investigations might well be instituted in the direction of 

 ascertaining the extent of these sporting resources, for undoubtedly a 

 good many anglers will avail themselves in due course of the new rail- 

 ways to visit this region and it cannot but be the part of wisdom to have 

 acquired some information as to them prior to their arrival. In fact, 

 even outside of the reserve in this region it would seem highly advan- 

 tageous that some authentic information should be gathered as to the 

 available fisheries and game, and as to the best methods of protecting 

 the same, for at the present time information on this subject is practi- 

 cally non-existent, and 3^et both the fisheries and game should prove a 

 considerable asset to the Province if properly viewed and treated. The 

 appointment of a special officer for this purpose would appear to be the 

 most suitable method of acquiring accurate information. 



Various rumors were afloat during the past year as to the intentions 

 of the Government in regard to pulpwood concessions in the reserve. 

 Whatever the truth of these may have been, or whatever the future 

 intentions of the Government may be in this regard, it is to be hoped 

 that under all circumstances the beauty of the scenery around the river 

 and lake will be most rigidly safeguarded by the maintenance in its wild 

 form of a wide belt of trees, and further, that under no circumstances 

 will the noble River Nipigon ever again be subjected to the log driving 

 operations of some lumber concessionaire, for it is not to be doubted 

 that the scenery of both river and lake constitute one of their principal 

 attractions, or that log driving down the river would immeasurably 

 depreciate, even irretrievably ruin, the trout fisheries. 



