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paradise for fishermen; the swiftly flowing water, in the 
numerous channels connecting the lake expansions, swarm 
with large brook trout greedy for any description of lure, 
from a salmon-fly to a bit of red flannel on a cod-hook. 
More fish were taken with cod-hooks by the canoemen than 
I could catch with the regulation rod and tackle. The deep, 
quiet eddies and the foam-covered spots at the foot of rapids 
are the resort of lake trout reaching more than twenty 
pounds in weight. In the rapids the game ouaniniche, or 
land-locked salmon, may be easily captured with a fly. 
Whitefish are also seen bobbing about in the thick foam, 
and take an artificial May-fly; as they jump and fight as 
fiercely as the ouaniniche, they afford good sport, but, being 
very tender in the mouth, they are often lost. The willow 
ptarmigan and Canada goose breed abundantly in this region. 
The flocks of unmated geese lose their wing-feathers in 
the summer, and, being unable to fly, may be chased ashore 
and captured, usually after a most exciting run. Caribou 
may be secured with little trouble. Bears are not very 
numerous. 
At the head of the long northwest course, a short stream 
leads into Lake Petitsikapau, a large, irregularly shaped 
body of water, separated by a rocky ridge from the head 
waters of the George River, flowing north into Ungava 
Bay. On its shore is situated the ruins of Fort Nascaupee, 
established by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1842, and 
abandoned in 1873. The ruins stand in a small clearing 
close to the edge of the lake. The houses were built of small, 
squared logs with sawn-board roofs. The main building 
is about twelve by eighteen feet, with a low attic. Smaller 
buildings adjoined the house on both sides, and were prob- 
