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Ouiatchouaniche, the pretty stream that flows into 

 Lake St. John close by the Roberval Hotel. The 

 lower portion of its course is so exceedingly rapid 

 that canoes have to be driven overland a few miles 

 back, and somewhat higher up the stream very ex- 

 cellent trout -fishing may be had. Catches of one 

 hundred to one hundred and fifty small fish in a day 

 have been reported from as near the hotel as eight or 

 nine miles. By continuing the ascent of the river for 

 two full days the habitat of much heavier fish may 

 be reached. Here ihefontinalis often run from two 

 to three pounds each in weight, and here, in August, 

 1895, Dr. Altshul, of New York, took in Round Lake 

 a large lot of speckled beauties weighing from one and 

 a half to three pounds each, though he was absent from 

 his hotel at Roberval but three days in all. Via the 

 headwaters of this stream there are portage routes 

 to the waters of the St. Maurice system. The upper 

 waters of the St. Maurice drain a number of lakes, 

 noted, together with their feeders, for the splendid 

 trout which they contain. This large river, which 

 contains monster pike, maskinonge, and other fish, 

 may be descended, with very few portages, to its 

 junction with the St. Lawrence at Three Rivers. 



South of Lake St. John a very pretty ten to twelve 

 days' trip may be had by ascending the Metabetchouan 

 River to some thirty miles above Kiskisink, thence by 

 way of Lac aux Ecorces into La Belle Riviere, which is 

 descended to its mouth at Lake St. John. Both the 

 river and the Lac de la Belle Riviere, as well as lake 

 and river aux Ecorces, contain large quantities of 

 beautiful trout, that here attain to very large size. 



