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GAME AND FISH RESOIiTS. 



Moitttnagny County— 



Montmagny. Good snipe and duck shooting on the small idands in the St 

 Lawrence, near this point. Reached via the Grand Trunk Railway. 



^on-lmMvenf^ County — 



TAe Isle of Orleans. The Argentenay meadows on the north shore, at the ex- 

 tremity of the island, are fine hunting grounds for wild fowl and other game. 

 The island is connected with Quebec by steam ferries. 



C&ateau Richer. On the marshes excellent duck, snioe and partridge shoot- 

 ing, with trouting in the upland streams. This locality, fifieen miles from Quebec, 

 and easily accessible by carriage road or steamboat, is a favorite resoit for the 

 sportsmen of that city. Fair hotel accommodations will be found. 



Montmorency River. Excellent fishing for trout, thirty miles above the falls. 

 A.t the ^s, eight mites from Quebec, is good trout fishing, but the property 13 

 protected by the owner and proprietor. 



Ottawa County — 



TAurso. Duck and deer hunting on the Ottawa near this place. Reached 

 via the Grand Trunk Railroad to Lochine, thence via steamer. Provide for 

 camping. 



Pontiac County — 



Victoria Lake and vicinity is a good locality for caribou, moose, grouse, hsu-e^ 

 and trouL 



Font yettf County — 

 . Jacques Cartier River. Trout in upper part, above the fells ■ salmon in lower 



Rart. For trout take wagon twenty-fave miles from Quebec. John Bayard will 

 irnish canoe and man. Must camp out. For salmon, take steamer up the St. 

 Lawrence to the mouth of the Jacques Cartier, and there obtain canoes. Countc}' 

 hilly. 



JClie Qttebee Country— 



The r^on desigimted as the Quebec country is included within a circuit of 

 one hundred miles, fyin^ north of Ute city of that name. We say a hundred mQes, 

 because the sportsman, liowever much of an ambitious or exploring turn of mind, 

 would scarcely undertake the journey through to Hudson Bay or Labrador, 

 though these are its boundaries proper. Within the distance there is still a vast 

 unexplored mountainous tract, among which are numberless lakes, rivers and 

 streams affording, each and all, such fishing and pleasant enjoyment in the wild 

 camp life as are not to be had elsewhere short of the Rocky Mountains. 



The Jacques Cartier is the first river of any importance which you strike after 

 leaving Quebec. It is twenty miles distant from that city and is the boundary 

 of the settlements to the north. The river is extremely picturesque in its meander- 

 ings among the numerous islands with which it is dotted and ^ords some excel- 

 lent trout fishing. Salmon fishing is to be had lower down. It is navigable for 

 canoes for fifty or sixty miles from its mouth, with but few portages. 



Two days' tramp from the Ja«|ues Cartier is the St. Ann's, a sballow rapid 

 river flowing between high precipitous mountains expanding at intervals mto 

 large deep pools, in which lurk some fine fish. One of the largest of these pools 

 is called \he Pecke a Malcolm. Between the t\vo riveis are many large lalces, 

 deep among the mountains- Tontari^ Grande Lac, and the lakes of the river j4«jr 

 Pin's J afford the finest fishing. Caribou and moose can be successfully pursued 

 here in fall and winter. The lakes abound in dticks which breed on the islands. 



Outfits must be of the lightest, for everything has to be carried on the back of 

 the guide over high mountains. Leave this matter to the ^uide and let him pro- 

 cure under your supervision whatever is needful and nothing more. Vou must 

 expect to carry your own little traps. No tent is requisite, as a bark camp can 

 be soon constructed with little labor. 



For guides, we can refer to George Xeil, Robert Douglas and young Pat Cas- 

 sin, all of Valcartier. Indian guid^ can be obtained at the Indian village of 

 Lorette, on the road to Valcartier. Charlo Gros-Louis, Francis and Etienne are 

 good reliable men. There are others doubtless equally as good. All speak 

 enough English to get along with. 



Charles Wolff of Valcartier will accord all sportsmen a cordia. welcome and 

 put them oa the road to good sport. The cost of a trip of two or three weeks 

 duration, including fare to and return, will not exceed ^6e. 



