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extreme north of the Province ; the northern part of the district is 

 practically unexplored, and not a great deal is known of its sporting 

 possibilities, except that there are some sheep on the headwaters of 

 the Liard, and moose and caribou everywhere. Coming farther south, 

 there are said to be sheep on some of the tributaries of the Peace 

 River, but of what species or in what numbers is unknown. All along 

 the Peace River bear are very numerous, and there are a fair number 

 of moose. 



Farther south again the headwaters of the Eraser River are 

 reached, and of late years these parts have come into great repute as 

 hunting-grounds. Owing to the salmon ascending the river every 

 year, it is a great bear country, both black and grizzly being extremely 

 plentiful in the fall, when they congregate on all the smaller streams 

 to feed on salmon. In addition, there are a great many moose, caribou 

 on the higher plateaus, goats in places, and a few deer. There is 

 excellent wildfowl-shooting and splendid trout-fishing. 



Fort George is the favourite outfitting-place and can be reached 

 easily by automobile stage and boat from Ashcroft. This journey can 

 now be accomplished in about three days. 



During the coming summer the Grand Trunk Pacific expect to 

 have rails laid to Tete Jaune Cache, from which point steamboat con- 

 nection will be made to Fort George. 



SKEENA. 



This is a very large district and extends from the coast to the 

 very centre of the Province. The coast is a mass of islands of various 

 sizes, in all of which (except Queen Charlotte Island) there are quanti- 

 ties of Columbia deer and a good many black bear. On the mainland 

 there are numbers of inlets, some of them extending sixty to seventy 

 miles inland, and at the heads of all these inlets there are a great many 

 grizzlies, wdiile black bear may be found anywhere. \"ery few of the 

 Coast Indians care about hunting the grizzly, so that they are practi- 

 cally unmolested. In the fall, when the salmon are running, they are 

 easily obtained, but the spring hunting is the best, as the skins are 

 then in their prime. Goats are plentiful everywhere on the mainland. 

 There are a great many wolves all along the coast and also on most 

 of the large islands, but they are very difficult to get. 



Caribou are very plentiful in the northern interior, and there are 

 also a few moose ; sheep are only found in the extreme north ; they 

 are of the Oz'is stonci variety. 



There is most excellent trolling for salmon both in the spring and 

 the fall, and. in fact, at some place or another most of the year. All 

 the lakes and small streams swarm with trout. It is a great district 

 for wildfowl. 



