BROOK TROUT 



become so deserted that it is in parts quite overgrown 

 with shrubbery, while many of its bridges have en- 

 tirely disappeared. 



A pack-horse may get through to the big lake, and 

 here, in its discharge, and in Lac des Neiges, only a 

 few miles distant from it, are to be found some of the 

 best waters still open to anglers in which the big red 

 trout of Canada may be fished for, and may be caught, 

 too, if good luck wait upon the angler's efforts. The 

 autumn fishing is surer, here, than any other, and Sep- 

 tember is the best month to go. But the lakes men- 

 tioned, as well as all the upper course of the Jacques 

 Cartier River, are comprised in the Government pre- 

 serve known as the Laurentides National Park, which 

 occupies much of the interior of the country between 

 the Saguenay and the Quebec & Lake St. John Rail- 

 way. The Government guards this preserve itself and 

 charges $i per day for the right of fishing its waters, 

 and $1 for the use of canoes and camping equipment. 

 Guides cost $1.50 and $1.25 per day each. Owing to 

 the rapid nature of the Jacques Cartier River in the 

 upper part of its course, and to its extremely wild, pre- 

 cipitous cliffs, it is dangerous and well nigh impossible 

 to ascend it to its source, but good trout-fishing may 

 be had in some of the waters that may be reached by 

 canoes. A drive of thirty miles from Quebec over 

 good country roads brings the angler to a farm-house, 

 where he may obtain lodging and guides, close to the 

 boundary of the park, and a few hours' poling up- 



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