CHAPTER IV 



THE OUANANICHE AND THE SEA TEOUT 



The ouananiche, or land- 

 locked salmon of Canada, has 

 come considerably to the fore 

 in the past few years, and be- 

 yond question it is the most- 

 talked-of iish among anglers 

 to-day. Its natural home is 



A bit of Lake St. John, • -r i o, -r^ _ t> „„■ 



m Lake bt. John, Provmce 

 of Quebec, and its tributary waters, as well as in 

 some of the rivers of the Labrador peninsula. A 

 variety of the salmon closely related to it is the ordi- 

 nary landlocked salmon of the Maine lakes. The 

 ouananiche of Canada is more properly a rough- 

 water fish, generally found in the rivei-s, the smaller 

 portion being caught in the lakes ; but in Maine the 

 landlocked salmon is almost entirely taken in the 

 dead water of lakes. 



The name (luananiche is of Indian origin, proba- 

 bly given to it by the i\[ontaguais Indians of Lake 

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