Sport in an Untouched American Wilderness 



those lovely solitudes. There is a mellow- 

 ness about the mountain scenery which 

 makes the purple granite peaks seem in 

 the distance like immense heaps of the 

 ripe blueberries with which they are cov- 

 ered, and the autumnal foliage is une- 

 qualled in brilliancy. 



The larger and less* known portion of 

 this wilderness lies between the Resti- 

 gouche River on the north, the Intercolo- 

 nial Railway, paralleling the seacoast on 

 the east ; the Southwest Miramichi River 

 on the south, and the St. John River on 

 the west, within the extensive counties of 

 Northumberland, York, Carleton, Victoria, 

 Madawaska, and Restigouche. The least 

 accessible portion is about the headwaters 

 of the streams which ultimately form the 

 Miramichi, Nepisiguit, and Tobique Riv- 

 ers. These streams rise in an unmapped 

 mountainous tract, which, though as beau- 

 tiful as the Adirondack region, is not pen- 

 etrated by half a dozen tourists in a season. 

 The reason for this delightful neglect is a 

 commercial one. There is practically no 

 pine timber. Plenty of trees grow ; but 

 they are birches, firs, small spruces, and 

 others not attractive to the lumberman. 

 The land, if cleared, would not be good 

 for farming purposes. This is why the 



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