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The Messrs. McCormick, of Florida, spent nearly a 

 month upon the river aux lEcorces in the autumn of 

 1895, and enjoyed splendid sport, taking trout there 

 up to seven and a half pounds each. In the fall of 

 1894 I was shown a brook -trout weighing eight 

 pounds, taken out of Lake Kenogami, in the same 

 district. Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Dean, Mr. Curtis, and 

 the late Dr. Lundy have all made wonderful catches 

 of trout in La Belle Eiviere and thfe lake of the same 

 name. 



The valley of the Belle Eiviere is perhaps the fa- 

 vorite feeding-ground of the caribou in the Lake St. 

 John country. Numbers of these beautiful animals 

 are killed here every year. 



There is no end to the number of canoe and camp- 

 ing trips that can be made in every part of this 

 Northern country, so complete is its network of lakes 

 and rivers. It has been shown in the preceding pages 

 that almost the entire distance from Lake St. John to 

 James's Bay, via Lake Mistassini, may be covered by 

 water, and that somewhat similar canoe trips may be 

 made from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence — firstly, 

 by way of the Grande Decharge and the Saguenay ; 

 secondly, by ascending the Peribonca, and either 

 reaching the Saguenay by way of the Shipshaw or 

 Des Aulnaies, or descending the Betsiamitz directly 

 to the St. Lawrence ; and thirdly, by way of the 

 Ouiatchouaniohe and St. Maurice rivers. A still more 

 direct watercourse exists by way of the Ouiatchouan 

 and Batiscan and connecting waters between Lake 

 St. John and the St. Lawrence at Batiscan. From 

 above the falls of the Ouiatchouan the river can be 



