THE LAURENTIDES PARK 



compensated for moneys properly ex- 

 pended, if the government sees fit not to 

 renew his term. 



When the Park came into existence 

 the eastern part of it was much exposed 

 to attacks by poachers, who spared nei- 

 ther fish nor game ; a few years longer 

 and it would have been beyond saving. 

 One by one clubs came into existence, 

 until to-day seven of them form a cordon 

 stretching along and guarding the boun- 

 dary, with a result which has more than 

 justified their formation, and the pri- 

 vileges which have been accorded to 

 them. The guardians cooperate with 

 one another under the general guidance 

 of a most competent inspector, and the 

 striking increase in fish, fur, and fea- 

 ther, is apparent not only in the region 

 immediately protected, and in the in- 

 terior of the Park, but also outside its 

 boundaries. Trappers who fought bit- 

 terly against being excluded from this 

 part of the public domain have become 



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