PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 05 



don; duck, grouse, caribou and bear, all very plentiful; season opens Sept. 1st; 

 livery charges to "go and return" 1 person $8, 2 persons $10, and 3 persons $12, 

 including baggage; hotel $1.50 p. d.; guides $1.50 p. d.; country mountainous, 

 wooded and contains a great number of lakes; shooting is generally first-class; see 

 St. Gabriel de Brandon, P. Q.; the only hotel (a good one) at the lake is the MASTI- 

 GOUCHE HOUSE, E. M. Copeland, proprietor; no charge is made to the guests of this 

 hotel for shooting or fishing. 



Bic (Intercolonial) Surrounding country within 8 m. of station; duck, geese and 

 partridge; March, April, t)ct., Nov. and Dec. best; hotel $1 p. d.; country wooded 

 and open; shooting good, but variable; farmers do not object. 



Calumet (Can. P.) "Augmentation" of Grenville 1 m. and the south shore of 

 Ottawa river; deer, partridge and duck; the last most numerous; Sept. and Oct. 

 best; hotels $1 p. d.; no regular guides ; country level, wooded and mostly dry; 

 shooting excellent, but variable; owners of land do not object. 



Coteau (Gr. T. and Can. A.) The shooting grounds are Point Monille, Portherns 

 St. Clet and others near by; duck and plover; Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $1 

 per head; hotels $1 to $1.50 p. d.: country flat and dry; shooting is considered 

 good by the resident sportsmen; farmers do not object. 



Oaspe (Q. S. S. Co.) Three marshes within 8 m. of this place; all good; snipe 

 and partridge principally; Oct. best month; livery $2 p. d.; hotel $1.50 to $2 p. d.; 

 guide charges moderate; country varied; shooting good, especially for snipe; 

 excellent grounds for caribou 40 m. distant; accessible in fall by boats or canoes, 

 and in the winter on dog sleds; the best season for them is from Oct. 20 until Nov. 

 10; land owners do not object. 



Grand Iiigfne (Gr. T.) Points on Richelieu river 2 m.; duck, geese and plover; 

 former most plentiful; Sept. and Oct. best; accommodations at private houses $4 

 to $5 p. w.; guides, with dogs, $2 p. d.; country open and wooded, dry and wet; 

 plover and duck shooting good, for other game indifferent; farmers do not object. 



Howick (Can. A.) Fields % m. from station; plover, geese and duck principally; 

 Sept. to Nov. 15th best; hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides not needed; country level and 

 fchooting good for plover, for other game indifferent; farmers do not object. 



Jacques Cartier (Gr. T.) Shooting grounds about 1} m.; partridge and duck; 

 latter most plentiful; Nov. best month; livery $4 to $8 p. w.; hotels reasonable; 

 country open and wet; good shooting; farmers do not object. 



Iiacadie (Gr. T.) "Savanne" 2 m.; woodcock, partridge, snipe, hare and fox; 

 Sept. to Dec. inclusive best; livery moderate; guides, with dogs, can be had; high 

 ground wooded, lower wet; good shooting, especially in wet season; D. Wing will 

 furnish accommodations and information as ' to shooting; he also keeps hunting 

 dogs; farmers do not object. 



Iiachine (Gr. T.) Isle Dorval and Beauharnois islands 5 m.; wildfowl; Sept., 

 Oct. and Nov. best; guides 1 3 to $4 p. d, including boat; hotels $1 to $2 p. d.; 

 livery $1 to $2 p. d. ; country wooded; good shooting over the Caughnawaga 

 Indian reserve for woodcock, snipe, plover and partridge. 



lift Jeune Lorette (Q. & L. St. J.) At this village good Indian guides can be 

 had; the hunting for caribou is excellent all along the line of the Quebec and Lake 

 St. John railroad and the Indian guides are thoroughly posted as to the best points; 

 they charge $1.50 to $2 p. d.; it is necessary to take a complete camping outfit. 



Iiake Megfantic (International.) Spider lake by steamboat on Lake Megan tic 9 

 m., Hathan bog 5 m. by trail from Spider lake; upper Spider river and Crosby 

 pond; deer, moose, caribou, bear, otter, beaver, duck and partridge; the first and 

 la t are most numerous; Sept. and Jan. best; livery $2 p. d.; hotels $1 to $2.50 p. 

 d.; guides, with boats, $2 p. d.; country open, rocky and dry; shooting good and 

 the lands are free to all. 



Lake St. Joseph (Q. & L. St. J.) The mountains 5 m. back afford good hunt- 

 ing for bear, caribou and beaver; Jan., Feb., March and Sept. best; hotels $1 to 

 $1.50 p. d.; guides, with trained dogs, reasonable', country wild and free to hunt- 

 ers. 



