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St. John's. The surrounding country is fiill of trout streams, which are acces. 

 sible by fine ca.TXV3LSfi road. « t i. » i. i. ^ 



Bay Bulls, on the Aralon Peninsula, and accessible firom St. Jolin s by boat ol 

 stage, is a favorite resort for hunting parties from that city, who here spend sev- 

 eral days in shooting and fishing. 



Ca/e BroyU, thirty-eight miles from SL John's is m the vicinity of good salmon 



^Tyipassey. Biscay Bay River. At the mouth of the river sea-trout are caught - 

 ruiminr in weight from one and one-lalf to four pounds. 



La Poile Bay. The northern arm of the liver that empties into this tay con- 

 Uins sabnon, and there are several good runs three-quarters of a mile from its 

 mouth. The fish are found in the right hand channel only. „ . „ 



Port au Basque, about five miles to the westward of La Poile Bay, has a small 

 deep, but narrow stream ; current very rapid ; about one mile up are two small 

 falls, four to five feet in height. Salmon in this stream. 



Trout River, between York Harbor and Bonne Bay, (about thuty miles to the 

 westward of York Harbor), affords good casting ground from Shingly Beach, and 

 sea-trout are cauo^ht at junction of salt and fresh water. 



Haivkt Ba^,Jngornachmjc Bay. Three rivers discharge into Hawke ^y, 

 which is completely landlocked, the land being high and thickly wooded.' The 

 eastern river of the three, about a mile from the mouth, which is narrow, is 

 bifurcated by a small island ; in the forks thus formed large salmon are caught. 



Harbor Grace. In the large lakes or ponds in the vicinity good trouting may 

 DC found. Big Island Pond, ten miles north fiimishes fine sport. 



LABRADOR. 



The peninsula of Labrador stretches from the Gulf and River 

 of St. LawTence north to Hudson's Strait. The coast is rugged, 

 bleak and desolate ; the interior region is covered with low moun- 

 tains, barren plateaus, vast stretches of moss-covered plains, and 

 interspersed with lakes, swamps, boulders and masses of rock. 

 Reindeer, bears, wolves, foxes, and other game, once abundant, 

 are gradually diminishing in number. The population is confined 

 to the coast region, and are principally engaged in the fisheries for 

 which the country is noted. From the River St. John du Nord, 

 which is the boundary line between the Province of Quebec and 

 Labrador, to the Esquimaux River, a distance of seven hundred 

 and twenty miles east of Quebec, there are no less than twenty 

 salmon rivers, eight or nine of which are superior for salmon fish- 

 ing, and the majority of them frequently visited by both Canadian 

 and United States sportsmen. Leases of these rivers for rod-fishing 

 may be obtained from W. F. Whitcher, Commissioner of Fishing 

 at Ottawa, P. Q. They can be reached only by challoupe, the fish- 

 ing smack of the St. Lawrence. These can be hired either at 

 Quebec, or at Tadousac, north of the Saguenay, both of which 

 places are reached by steamers plying twice or three times a week 

 in mid-summer. The expense of a challoupe is light. Tents, 

 canoes, and complete outfits required. A great variety of wild 

 foyvl are found all along the coast. 



Henley Harlor (Sfrait of Belle Isle). This is a fishing station at the extreme 



