THE LAURENTIDES PARK 



Nowhere in the world do the fontina- 

 lis grow to a larger size than in these 

 waters. Dr. Henry writes of a seven- 

 teen-pound trout "in very poor condi- 

 tion/' which he took in the Jacques Car- 

 tier river some eighty years ago (surely 

 the king of his tribe!), and this river 

 yields trout of eight or nine pounds 

 weight to-day. All the streams that rise 

 in the Park contain heavy fish, and 

 many of the lakes as well, but in the lat- 

 ter they generally refuse the fly, or keep 

 themselves out of reach of its tempta- 

 tions. Stories told by Andre this, or 

 Moise that, of great fellows longue de 

 meme et large comme ga, taken from 

 some lake that he wishes you to visit, are 

 generally found to be based on winter 

 catches made through the ice. It is an 

 odd fact that success in this winter fish- 

 ing can only be expected in fine and 

 bright weather. We city folk, who have 

 trained ourselves to pay as little atten- 

 tion as possible to the influences of sun- 

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