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entirety, is being given more and more attention each year in connection with the 

 Department's conyfersdtional activities, and studies are being carried out on waters 

 with such objects in view. 



CLOSED WATERS 



The following waters were closed to all fishing during the year for the purpose 

 and for the period specified: 



Beaver Creek — From Fidlar's Rapids to outlet at the Crow River, Lots 10 and 11, Con- 

 cession 4 and Lots 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Concession 5, Township of 

 Marmora, County of Hastings; closed until and including June 30, 

 1937. 



Chub Lake — ^Located in the Township of Gould, District of Algoma, closed until 

 January 16, 1936. 



Deep Bay (Sparrow Lake) — Lots 3 and 4, Concession 13; Lots 2, 3, and 4, Concession 

 14; Lots 2 and 3, Concession 15; Township of Matchedash, County 

 of Simcoe; closed until July 9th, 1939, for black bass propagation. 



Jobaminageeshlg Lake — ^Located in the Townships 188 and Gould, District of Algoma; 

 closed until January 16, 1936. 



Mannheim Creek — From its headwaters to Hallam's dam, flowing through the follow- 

 ing lots, namely 4, 5 and 6, S.R.S.; 2, 3 and 4, B.R.N. ; 2, 3 and 6, 

 B.R.S., and 3, 5 and 6, Concession 1, Township of Wilmot, County of 

 Waterloo; closed until April 30, 1936, for speckled trout propagation. 



McGowan's Lake — Township of Sherbrooke south. Concession 7, Lots 18 and 19, 

 Lanark County; closed until January 16, 1937, for forage fish pro- 

 pagation. 



POLLUTION SURVEYS 



As a result of complaints lodged with the Department, pollution investigations 

 were conducted on Burlington Bay, near Hamilton and the Speed River at Hespeler 

 and Preston. 



Oxygen depletion during the winter in the waters of Lake Scugog was also 

 investigated. 



SURVEYS PERTAINING TO DAMS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS 



The dam at the outlet of Gull Lake on Beaver Creek, Hastings County, was 

 inspected with reference to the practicability of introducing fishways. 



Obstructions in streams connecting a chain of lakes in the vicinity of Kaladar, 

 Lennox and Addington, were also investigated. 



BASS HARVESTING SURVEYS 



Investigations pertaining to the possibility of harvesting bass from the follow- 

 ing waters were conducted, namely. Clear Lake, Haliburton County, and the Salmon 

 River, vicinity of Napanee, Lennox and Addington. 



