TEIVIAGAMI 99 



The Canadian Pacific, the Grand Trunk, and the 

 Canadian Northern open up further tracts of this 

 interesting country. 



It was along the great waterway of Temagami 

 that Breboeuf travelled to Lake Huron, intent upon his 

 mission to the Indian tribes. An extensive Forest 

 Reserve conserves all the primitive conditions of wild 

 life with which the district abounds. The town of 

 Temagami has undergone the oft-repeated miracle of 

 Canada — the metamorphosis of desert into civilized 

 life. Its forests and chain of lakes set in margins of 

 pine and tamarack have become magnets in drawing 

 the busy merchant and professional man to the enjoy- 

 ment of its cool climate and exciting sport. As I 

 traversed the district, I found myself drinking in the 

 fine air, which acted like a tonic on the exhaustion 

 incidental to a fatiguing journey, and looking at its 

 lakes with that thrilling sense of expectation which 

 lovers of the gentle art feel. 



The lighter water found in many of these lakes 

 supplies the essential condition to bass fly-fishing. 

 There is no need to spin in half a fathom deep with 

 a heavy sinker, which destroys the fighting power 

 of the bass, and which after a time robs fishing of 

 much of its zest. Donning a pair of waders, and 

 carefully stepping along the shore, a fly can be 

 landed amongst the boulders that make dark shadows 

 on the water, and the bass will pounce upon the 

 ephemera. Then the reel recoils as the quarry 



