and the Maritime Provinces. 



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The sportsman here finds much to interest him, and the angler can 

 successfully cast his flies in many most satisfactory waters. 



The best fishing is found in the Margaree river, which is reached by 

 stage or private conveyance from Baddeck, at which point the Bras D'Or 

 steamer makes a landing. The distance is about twenty-eight miles ; the 

 road is generally good, and the scenery through which it passes is often 

 very interesting. Middle river, about ten miles from Baddeck, should not 

 be passed by without an attempt being made on the part of the angler to 

 land some of the sea trout which inhabit its waters, or to lure one of the 

 salmon which sometimes come to the fly on this stream. 



Leaving Middle river, the road winds among the hills, which are ver- 

 dure-clad to their summits, and through the woods and among the 

 scattered farms to the village of Northeast Margaree. Here may be found 

 a comfortable stopping-place at one of the farmhouses, and the angler 

 may obtain such sport as he perhaps never before dreamed of. The Mar- 

 garee is one of the finest rivers in America. It abounds in sea trout of 

 great size and gaminess, and salmon occur in goodly numbers. It is, 

 moreover, so easily fished that one may, almost dryshod, for many miles 

 of its length, cast the fly in the many grand pools which are scattered along 

 its course. For upwards of thirty miles the river flows through meadows, 

 pastures and cultivated fields, and its angling possibilities are unsurpassed. 



Game is also abundant in this section, partridges, snipe and marsh 

 birds being found in considerable numbers. So plentiful are the first- 

 named birds that the village store-keeper ships to market from five 

 hundred to one thousand pairs in a season. 



Farther north, in the barrens and wild country up the river, caribou 

 abound, and in the autumn wild ducks and geese are obtained. 



Photo, by E. A. Samuels. 



Lake Ainseee, Cape Breton. 



