an extraordinary extent ; in it arc caught quantities of fresh water her- 

 ring, touladi, a species of grey trout whicli weighs from live to six pounds, 

 •AudpniHtu, a variety of trout gcucrally unknown elsewhere. Much higher 

 uj) and farther than \vc can st>e, at the very head of the lake, is the river 

 Ashbi'rish, which after collecting the waters of seven tributary lakes of 

 varying size, i)ours thein into Lake Tcmis(;ouata, which is also f 'd on the 

 W(»st by other rivers of secondary importance, such as the Cai aiio, Perch 

 and Uabbit rivers, the two latter biiing much smaller than the Cabauo. 



As to Lake Teiuiscouata itself, it is one of tht^ beauties, one of the 

 glories of Canadian Nature. From no point can it be better or more exten- 

 sively see)i than from the height on which stands the fine church of Notre 

 Diime. or from the platform on the top of Cloulier's lL)tel, which is the 

 elegant and fashio)iabIe resort of tourists and sportsmen, and above all of 

 Amerii;an I'amilies attracted from afar by the ever-increasing renown of 

 this enchanting spot This hotel wiis built seven or eight years ago. 

 There is not a Canadian tourist at all worthy ol the name who does not 

 kiu>w it at least l)y reputation. Its elegant architecture, its elaborate ex- 

 terior and ai)pearance of good taste and comfort, at once attract attention. 

 It stands on the siiore of the lake, at a height of a hundred feet above it, 

 and affords a view of tln^ lake and of the extensive country which frames 

 it in, which one is neyer tired of gazing at, especially when the hour of 

 di'parting day spreads around tiiose in r/zo-tints and shades which give 

 a mysterious and infinite charm to the surroundings. 



Lake Teiuiscouata is twenty seven or twenty eight miles in length 

 and its averagt? width is half a mile. Its depth is (Miormous and in some 

 places unknown ; tlie lead has been dropped to seven hundred and fifty 

 feet without linding l)ottom. 



Lake Temiscouata possesses this trait in common with its sister lake. 

 Temiscaminuue, whieli does not wish to sutler by comparison in this 

 respect with any other lake in the world. It is imptissible as yet to decade 

 between the two " 'J'niiis " and ini';)illible s(nindings I'an alone decide this 

 important (|Uestion in tiie future. 



The lake also iiliounds in fish ; it is the favorite resort of lisherraen 

 and especially III' .Vmericans who <>'o there every year in such iniTnbers 

 that an association of capitali-^ls hiis decided to erect, next year, another 

 laru'c hotel. !i hundred feet long by forty in depth and thnu' stories high. 

 In the hike greal (]ua)itities ol' irout, touladi. /toiti/u. et<' , are caULi'ht as 

 well as (/iH'HC (tnnixiiillt')^ or eel's tail, a kind of fish which is found on the 

 nniddy Ixtttoms and weighs on an averag.^ from six to seven pounds. 

 iJore and white lish are also cauii'ht in lire lake while. on ihe eastern short;, 

 which is still covered with dense forests, there are plenty of partridges, 

 hares, deer and caribou. 



As already stated, there are no mountains, properly speakiuti', in this 

 country ; the heights more or less dispos.'d at intervals and scattered or 



