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lakes from New Brunswick to Vancouver. At certain 

 seasons of the year it grows almost black. 



The Dolly Varden's body is slender, with a large 

 head and broad snout. The caudal fin is slightly 

 forked, and its sides are an olive tint marked with 

 round red and orange spots. The back is similarly 

 marked, but with smaller spots. It is of the Charr 

 genus. 



The brook trout has a large head ; the pectoral and 

 ventral fins are particularly elongated. It is a dark 

 olive colour with mottled or barred markings. It 

 has red spots on the side, and the dorsal and caudal 

 fins are mottled with a darker tint. 



Salmon and trout are widely distributed over 

 British Columbia. The Fraser, Columbia, Thompson, 

 Kootenay and Skeena rivers are the main water- 

 courses by which the salmon ascend to their far- 

 distant spawning beds. The tributaries of these 

 rivers are equally well stocked, and for sporting 

 purposes are in many ways superior to the main 

 watersheds. An idea of the quantity of the salmon 

 may be gathered from the fact that the returns from 

 the industry amount to from ;^6oo,ooo to ;^ 1,000,000 

 annually. 



There are also extensive lakes, such as Kootenay, 

 Okanagan, Quesnel, Shuswap, Harrison and innumer- 

 able minor basins, which form the habitat of fish. 



From the angling point of view, the lower reaches, 

 the mouths of the small rivers, the creeks and tideways, 



