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SALMON FISHING AT CAMPBELL 

 RIVER 



THE Campbell River rises among the snow- 

 capped mountains in the interior of Van- 

 couver Island, B. C, about 270 miles north 

 of Victoria, and flows southeast into Dis- 

 covery Strait. About four miles from its 

 mouth it tumbles over high falls into a 

 caiion, and this is where the great "tyee" 

 (chief) salmon go to spawn. Not only the 

 tyee use these spawning-beds, but the hump- 

 back and the beautiful coho salmon are also 

 there in great numbers. 



I journeyed six days to see if the reports 

 of the wonderful fishing at the mouth of 

 the Campbell River were true, and found 

 the sport far better than I had hoped. One 

 reason for the extraordinary fishing that sea- 

 son was the fact that the Government, by 

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