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Pigeon Bay via Gull Island, off Isle Royal. The 

 Rideau River touches the lake at Otter Cove, and 

 the Nipigon on the same coast further on. The 

 latter is the finest trout river in Ontario. Three 

 pounds are charged for a licence to fish it, which 

 is about three times the usual charge. Nipigon 

 runs from the lake of the same name, and consists 

 of a series of swift rapids that lend themselves to 

 the highest form of the angling craft. The fish 

 are a large size, and rise to the fly freely. It is 

 advisable to push up the river a couple of miles 

 before commencing to fish. Competent Indian 

 guides can be hired, who know all the pools, and 

 are skilful in the management of the canoe in the 

 dangerous rapids. Jackfish is another centre on 

 the coast where angling is procurable. To get 

 the best sport, a camping excursion is necessary, 

 which can be competently organized by guides who 

 live at Jackfish, a station on the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway. On the north shore of Superior, Missan- 

 abie offers all the sporting advantages of Nipigon, 

 with excellent rapids where, donning waders, two- 

 pounders can be taking with the fly. 



A number of bights off the coast on the north side 

 of the lake form good harbourage for the trading boats. 

 Of these, Nipigon Bay, Black Bay, and Thunder Bay 

 are the chief It is a storm-bound coast, and at times 

 waves rise and swell in angry tumult that rival those 

 of the far distant Pacific, breaking against its islands, 



