ANIMAL LIFE 55 



company in question had rights of felling timber in 

 Algonquin Park which covered an area of 350 square 

 miles, as well as working mills and iron logging 

 railways connected with the industry. 



Algonquin Forest has other resources. It 

 abounds in animal life, and its rivers and lakes hold 

 coarse and game fish in considerable number. All 

 hunting — to use the Canadian equivalent for 

 shooting in England — is prohibited within the 

 precincts of the Park, but angling under proper 

 regulations is permitted. As the pursuit of the 

 gentle craft was one of the primary objects of 

 my visit, I am dealing fully with the subject. 



Cranberry Lake was the first we fished, which 

 only entailed a short portage. A well-defined bridle 

 path through the forest, led to it. A clearing at 

 one place brought us up to our waists in a bed of 

 wild raspberry canes, laden with ripe fruit. A 

 peculiarity of the forest is the remarkable 

 phenomenon that wherever a clearing is made, 

 raspberries spring up. Be it the effect of fire or axe, 

 the result is the same. We had only to extend our 

 hands, without stopping, to gather sufficient for our 

 needs, and the quality, like most of the wild fruit of 

 the Dominion, was excellent. 



Cranberry Lake derives its name from the berries 

 that once flourished there. The plants have of recent 

 years been destroyed by the beavers. These rodents, 

 which include all succulent roots in their daily fare, 



