134 CANADIAN ENTIEONMENT OF THE OUANANICHE 



zation can no longer be considered a portion of the 

 land of the Montagnais. Nor does any portion of it 

 afford a home for the wily ouananiche. But its streams 

 and lakes are still the abiding-place, of magnificent 

 trout, and until the last few years none but the most 

 enterprising and most venturesome of anglers ever 

 dreamed of going more than a day's tramp beyond 

 them for a fishing excursion or pleasure outing. There 

 was no necessity for so doing. Neither is there at 

 the present day. At Tadoussac the sea-trout are still 

 caught close to the junction of the Saguenay and the 

 St. Lawrence. At Murray Ba}' and St. Joachim there 

 are well-stocked streams and lakes but a very few 

 miles inland, almost in sight of the St. Lawrence. 

 The Montmorency contains magnificent specimens of 

 fontinalis, which are taken but three or four miles 

 above its famous cataract. Two hours' drive into the 

 mountains, due north of Quebec, brings the angler to 

 Lake St. Charles, or to the more picturesque Lake Beau- 

 port, so widely and justly noted for the beautiful, 

 bright livery and exquisite flavor of the trout that 

 inhabit its deep, cool, crystal waters. And so on all 

 through the settled portion of this northern country. 

 Until quite recently, whenever a trail through the 

 forest or a summer camping-tour was desired, a visit 

 to the river Jacques Cartier, some twenty-five or 

 thirty miles north of Quebec, was considered by trout 

 fishermen, and correctly so, a somewhat unusual and 

 exceedingly attractive excursion into the far-reaching 

 wilds which, due north of Quebec, stretch away in 

 the direction of perpetual ice and snow for over 1200 

 miles. Occasionally, but very seldom, a more advent- 



