"LA GKAKDE DfiCHAKGE" OF LAKE 

 ST. JOHN.* 



AMONG the more accessible of the fishing waters in 

 the Lake St. John district of Canada there are none 

 that offer such varied attractions to the sportsman, be 

 he hunter, angler, or canoeist, as those of the Grand 

 Discharge. This tortuous channel is popularly, though 

 incorrectly, known to most English-speaking people as 

 " the Grand Discharge," a corruption of " La Grande 

 Decharge," which it was called by the early French 

 discoverers of the country. 



Three miles farther to the south, as you follow the 

 easterly shore of Lake St. John, is reached " La Petite 

 Decharge " the two outlets of the great lake uniting 

 to form the Saguenay River at the foot of Alma Island, 

 some ten miles from Lake St. John. This island is 

 shaped something like an elongated and inverted 

 delta. It resembles an isosceles triangle, with its base 

 turned towards Lake St. John and sides enclosing its 

 most acute angle pointing down the stream. At its 

 base it is about three miles in width. Out in the lake 

 itself and in the mouths of both the Great and Little 



* Portions of this chapter and of that upon the Peribonca are 

 taken from the author's articles in Shooting and Fishing. 



