OTHER TOURS 



with a portage of about a third of a mile from one to 

 the other. At the end of the third day from Lake St. 

 John by this route Lac des Aigles may be reached. 

 This lake is noted for its trout. In its cool, deep 

 waters the namaycush, or lake trout, have been taken 

 up to thirty pounds in weight. Itsfontinalis are also 

 large, and the fishing for them in its discharge partic- 

 ularly good. Many of them weigh from three to four 

 pounds each. The outlet of the lake, known as the 

 Riviere des Aigles, empties into the Aleck fifteen miles 

 from its union with the Peribonca. The distance 

 from Lac des Aigles to the mouth of the Peribonca 

 can easily be covered in a day and a half, so that 

 the entire round trip need not occupy more than six 

 days, even allowing for spending parts of two days in 

 fishing. 



A very popular trip with American anglers is that 

 to Lac a Jim by way of the Ashuapmouchouan, re- 

 turning by the Mistassini. That portion of the tour 

 involved in the ascent of the Ashuapmouchouan has 

 been described in the chapter dealing with the river, 

 and the locality has been designated at which " the 

 river where the moose feeds " is left for the portage 

 route to Lac a Jim, which runs through a chain of 

 small lakes and intervening country. Lac a Jim is 

 reached on the second afternoon after leaving the 

 Ashuapmouchouan. If the camp, at the end of the 

 first day's journey, be pitched at the Lac aux Brochets, 

 the angler may enjoy splendid trolling. The lake, 

 which is irregular in shape and some mile and a half 

 long, and very weedy, fairly teems with pike, one of 

 which frequently seizes the spoon almost as soon as 



