CHAPTEE IY 



THE OUANANICHE AND THE SEA TROUT 



THE ouananiche, or land- 

 \ locked salmon of Canada, has 

 come considerably to the fore 

 in the past few years, and be- 

 yond question it is the most- 

 talked-of fish among anglers 

 to-day. Its natural home is 

 in Lake St. John, Province 



of Quebec, and its tributary waters, as well as in 

 some of the rivers of the Labrador peninsula. A 

 variety of the salmon closely related to it is the ordi- 

 nary landlocked salmon of the Maine lakes. The 

 ouananiche of Canada is more properly a rough- 

 water fish, generally found in the rivers, the smaller 

 portion being caught in the lakes ; but in Maine the 

 landlocked salmon is almost entirely taken in the 

 dead water of lakes. 



The name ouananiche is of Indian origin, proba- 

 bly given to it by the Montagnais Indians of Lake 



