The Labrador Peninsula 



ago equalled or surpassed that of the Cana- 

 dian coast. In Hudson Strait, beyond the 

 ravages of the cod-trap, salmon are still 

 abundant, and the Hudson Bay Company 

 make profitable net fisheries in the lower part 

 of the George, Whale and Koksoak rivers of 

 Ungava Bay. The Eskimo say that the rivers 

 of the strait, to the westward of the Koksoak 

 and for about lOo miles down to the east 

 coast of Hudson Bay, are plentifully stocked 

 with salmon. Along the north shore of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence the fish strike into the 

 river early in June; they are take in Hamil- 

 ton Inlet in July, but they do not ascend the 

 Koksoak and other rivers of Ungava Bay 

 until the middle of August. There appears to 

 be some connection between the time that the 

 fish strike into the rivers and the temperature 

 of the water along the coast, the northern 

 waters remaining cold longer than those about 

 the southern coasts. 



The landlocked variety of Salmo salar or 

 ouinaniche (diminutive of winan, the Cree 

 word for salmon) is found in Lake St. John 

 and the tributaries of the Saguenay, where it 

 has free access to the sea ; but as the fish is 

 found plentifully in both branches of the 



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