The Moose 303 



Moose are now extinct in all the eastern states 

 except in Maine, where they are more plentiful 

 and more hunted than in any other section in 

 America. That they continue plentiful is due to 

 the excellent game laws and the fact that there is 

 no avenue of escape. In Canada the situation is 

 different ; the moose have been driven back north, 

 into an unlimited country of retreat. In Wash- 

 ington, Idaho, Montana, and in some parts of 

 southern Canada moose are almost extinct. They 

 are found to some extent in all parts of the Mac- 

 kenzie and Yukon river basins ; and they are 

 most abundant in the countries of the two 

 Nahanna rivers which empty into the Liard 

 and Mackenzie respectively; in the country of 

 the Gravel River, a tributary of the Mackenzie ; 

 in the head waters of the Stickine and Liard 

 rivers ; in the region of the Teslin Lake and 

 north, just west of the Rockies to the head waters 

 of Peel River; on the Upper Koyukuk north of 

 the Yukon ; on the Tananna south of the Yukon ; 

 on the Kenai Peninsula; around the head of 

 Cook Inlet ; and they are also plentiful in most of 

 the timbered regions west of Hudson Bay. 



They do not approach the Pacific coast in 

 Washington, British Columbia, or in southern or 

 southeastern Alaska, but on the Kenai and Alas- 

 kan peninsulas they range down to salt water. 



The Mackenzie Delta was at one time a favor- 



