GAME AND FISH RESORTS. I9I 



Charlevoiae County — 



Mai Baie^ ninety miles from Quebec on the Lower St. Lawrence River. A 

 Eood moose country'. Surface mountainous. Lodgings in iarmliouse, or camp. 

 Reached by shallop. 



Murray Bay. A fashionable watering place on the St. Lawrence Rirer, be- 

 tween Montreal and Quebec, reached by rail or steamer. Fair trout fishing in 

 the vicinity. Post Office address is Pointe a Pic. 



Chateagiiay County — ■ 



Orn ftown and Durham. Deer abound in the Fjat Rock woods between 

 Ormstown and Franklin. Reached via Caughnawaga, on the Lachine division of 

 the Grand Trunk Railroad. 



St. Urbain, The caribou still resort in large droves to feed on the white moss 

 which clothes most luxuriantly the extensive moors in rear of Bay St. Paul, called 

 Les Jardins. and bears are frequently met, attracted by a small red berry , which 

 grows on low shrubs much like the low-bush cranberry. Whole moors are 

 studded with this fruit, called by the Indians Des Grains. From St. Urbain the 

 trip is made on snow shoes. Tiie guides are harnessed to the wagons laden with 

 provisions, ammunition and camp utensils, and away you go for twenty or thirty 

 miles on foot, over the most mountainous, but picturesque portion of the Lauren- 

 tine Chain, amid some of the wildest and most lovely scenery (5n the continent. 

 Take boat from Quebec to St. Urbain. 



Chicoutlmi Coiiuty — 



Chiamiimi. Land-locked salmon are caught in the Saguenay. Reached via 

 steamer from Quebec. Provide camping equipments at Chicontimi, and aftei 

 crossing the river, drive eighteen miles, to the house of Thomas Savard, who will 

 act as guide to the camping ground which is at the foot of the Grand Discharge. 



Cotnptoii County — 



TAe Chaudiere, The River Chaudiere is the outlet of Lake Megantic, and 

 empties into the St. Lawrence just above Quebec, over a beautiful fall. The first 

 rapids of the Chaudiere near the outlet of Megantic Lake, are three miles from the 

 landing at John Boston's, where there is a post office. It is a romantic canoe 

 voyage from the falls up to the lake, with abundant trout fishing in the numerous 

 tributaries. , ., . 



Lake St. Francis. Reached by wagon from Stornoway, twelve miles, orby 

 boat from Sherbrooke. Fine mascalonge fishing, and trout fishing in adjacent 

 waters. tSee Lake Megantic.) 



Tlie Eastern Town8h.ips — 



The section of the Province of Quebec known as the Eastern Townships lies 

 directly north of the States of Vermont and New Hampshire and extends thence 

 northerly and easterly to the St. Lawrence and the Province of New Brunswick 

 and the State of Maine. The country is very hilly, almost mountainous, and 

 abounds in lakes and streams which, in their turn, abound, in general, in hsh : 

 principally trout, lake trout, bass, pike and pickerel. In the larger streams, and 

 the lakes, they will be found weighing from one to five pounds. The best flies 

 for the Salmo fontinalis in these waters are the Canada fly and any medium-sized 

 brown-winged fly. The lunge never rise to the fly, but are taken by trolling and 

 by down fisTling. The best bait is the live minnow, and the best season for troU- 

 ing is from May 25th to July ist. With a moderate amount of skill you will be 

 sure of fair sport, and be pleased with the country. To enjoy this section thor- 

 oughly a full camping outfit is necessary, and a good bit of advice to those about 

 malii4 camp is, to (Tig a ditch three inches deep around the tent so fora^d that 

 the water from a rainPall may run off at one or two corners. The Passumpsio 

 Railroad is given as the most direct route. Parties travelling after J"ly I?'" " 

 avail themsilves of the excursion rates to Newport ; return tickets being issued 

 for S13. A party could thus go to Newport, thence to Sherbrooke, and return I y 

 way of Magog; thus enjoyrng the saS up the lake and arriving at Nevvport in 

 season for tffe evening tiain. the tourist By taking the evening train from IJos- 

 ton, will arrive, or sffould arrive in Sherbrooke next day in ample season to gel 

 his tent pitched the same night. Even if he buys his ™PPl.ies in Sherbrooke the e 

 will be ample time to camp the same night. Wherever, in this section there ,, 

 nai: communication by stage, transportation may he had at an .^^erage rate ot 

 Ive or six cents a mile : so that parties desinng to visit any other part of the 

 ;oUntry than those named may make their estimates accordingly. 



