j^ THE REPORT UPON No. 9 



Crown Game Preserves 



During the past year the Department continued to develop its system of 

 Crown Game Preserves and the following table will show the Crown Game 

 Preserves now established, with their locations and areas. 



Area 



Preserve County or District (acres) 



Bobcaygeon Game Preserve Victoria and Peterborough 1,700 



Boyd Game Preserve York 300 



Chapleau Game Preserve Algoma and Sudbury 1,824,000 



Chippewa Game Preserve Thunder Bay 2,728 



Conroy Marsh Game Preserve Renfrew 3,300 



Dumfries Game Preserve Waterloo and Brant 25,000 



Dundas Marsh Game Preserve Wentworth 2,750 



Darlington Game Preserve Durham 298 



Eden Game Preserve Wellington 1,470 



Eugenia Game Preserve Grey 5,200 



Falcon Game Preserve Kenora 15,000 



Glendale Game Preserve Wentworth 450 



Gloucester Game Preserve Carleton 200 



Hiawatha Game Preserve Algoma 160 



Hope Game Preserve Durham 1,920 



Huron Game Preserve Huron 1,000 



Innisfree Game Preserve Simcoe 4,000 



Iroquois Game Preserve Manitoulin 150 



Loch Garry Game Preserve Glengarry 6,400 



Longford Game Preserve Victoria 43,726 



Marmora Game Preserve Hastings 10,300 



Masonville Game Preserve Middlesex 6,500 



Meadowvale Game Preserve Peel 200 



Miner Game Preserve Essex 1 ,280 



Midland Game Preserve Simcoe 1,500 



Nopiming Game Preserve Renfrew and Carleton 1,540 



Nottawasaga Game Preserve Simcoe 1,200 



Peasemarsh Game Preserve Grey 300 



Peel Game Preserve Peel 2,225 



Puslinch Game Preserve Wellington 704 



Pickering Game Preserve Ontario 5,060 



Richmond Game Preserve Parry Sound 56 



Southwold Game Preserve Elgin 200 



Sudbury Game Preserve Sudbury 15,300 



Superior Game Preserve Thunder Bay 575,000 



Silver Lake Game Preserve Norfolk 3,100 



Township 82 Game Preserve Sudbury 5,760 



Wilder Lake Game Preserve Cirey 371 



York Game Preserve York 1 15,000 



Total 2,685,348 



Game 



Big game. The majority of hunters reported a successful season. For 

 comparative purposes, the following figures show the number of hunting licenses 

 issued for the past six years. 



1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 



Resident Moose 1,584 1,098 1,385 1,291 1,359 1,379 



Resident Deer 20,504 17,677 19,517 17,034 23,392 21,111 



Non-resident Hunting 1,256 1,247 1,651 1,581 1,698 2,237 



Ruffed Grouse {Partridge). — The scarcity of these game birds warranted 

 the close season and until this species becomes re-established in fair quantities, 

 a continuance of this close season is desired. 



Sharp-tailed Grouse {Prairie Hen). — This species is confined to the north- 

 western portion of the province and they are found there in considerable numbers. 



