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The JVIegr^tic fistf a^d Game Corporation. 



By ARTHUR W. ROBINSON. 



Some ten years ago an enthusiastic sportsman with a few of his friends, 

 who believed that an ideal hunting-ground had been discovered, and that 

 with proper care its attractiveness could be preserved for many future 

 years, decided to form a club with the purpose of acquiring control of this 

 territory, giving fellow-sportsmen an opportunity of enjoying its excep- 

 tional privileges, and by proper restrictions preserve the forests and natu- 

 ral beauties, and protect and propagate the fish and game. 



As a result, the Megantic Fish and Game Corporation was organized, 

 and on February 15, 1887, it was incorporated under the Maine laws, and 

 on March 26, 1887, a charter was obtained by it from the Province of 

 Quebec. 



Since that time the history of the club has been one of progress, 

 acquisition and success, and the fondest hopes of the founders have been 

 more than realized. 



At the present time, the club has a membership of 300 — the stated 

 limit — and owns and leases a territory comprising 250 square miles, 

 containing three lakes, twenty ponds, six rivers, eight streams and eight 

 bogs. 



It has a large and commodious club-house, twenty-three public and 

 fourteen private camps, a fish hatchery, a steam launch and a large supply 

 of boats and canoes. 



Its vast preserve, one of the largest in the world, is an unbroken 

 wilderness 3,000 feet above the sea-level, situated in the northwestern 

 corner of the State of Maine, and extending over the border into Canada. 



In this domain are found moose, caribou, deer, bears, and many kinds 

 of smaller game. Partridges are very tame and plentiful, and all kinds 

 of water-fowl frequent the lakes and ponds. The waters abound in trout, 

 togue, bass and landlocked salmon. 



The general supervision and care of the preserve is in the hands of a 

 superintendent, who is also a Maine game warden; and a Canadian 

 warden, who looks after the club's interests over the border. Stewards 



