168 . FOREST AND STREAM. 
The Triton Club. 
The accompanying illustrations are of the Triton Fish 
and Game Club, in the Province of Quebec. They 
show the club house and view down Lac a la Croix 
from the house. The Triton preserve is twenty-four 
hours from New York. Leaving Quebec by the Quebec 
and Lake St. John R. R., we begin to climb up toward 
the mountains, passing through the quaint little Indian 
village of Lorette, where the last remnants of the once 
powerful tribe of Hurons live on the reservation pro- 
vided by the Government of Canada, and it is from here 
we procure our guides for the Triton Club; and good, 
honest, hardworking, painstaking guides they are. 
After a ride of five hours through a wild, mountainous 
countrj', wi-th a view from the car windows every few 
minutes, as we pass along, of some little lake nestled 
in among the mountains, we finally run along up the 
Batiscan River for forty miles. The Batiscan is a wild, 
rushing river, winding in and out of the mountains until 
it seems we must get lost even if we are on a railroad. 
At a distance of io8 miles from Quebec the train 
comes to a stop, and we find ourselves at our journey's 
end, so far as the iron horse will take us. There we 
come to a beautiful little chalet built of logs, with the 
sign "Triton Fish and Game Club" across the front of 
it. This is the depot, and belongs to the club, having 
been built by the club, and on their own land. The 
cottage consists of a large room with fireplace, chairs, 
and two bedrooms and other furnishings, with a guide 
house attached. A telephone connects with the club 
house, and a man with boats and men meets all trains. 
There are no other houses at the station, and the. train 
only stops for those going to the club. 
From the station down the Vermillion River and into 
Lac a la Croix, where the club house is situated, is a 
trip of a half hour only; and here, as one may readily 
see from the accompanying cuts, members have a beau- 
tiful summer home. The house contains a large hall, 
reading room and thirty bedrooms. Near by are a boat 
house, large enough to contain lOO canoes; guides' 
house, ice house, and a garden of four acres. 
AH this in the midst of the Laurentian Mountains, 
1,700 feet above tide water. These mountains, geologists 
tell us, are the oldest mountains in the world. 
The club tract contains some 800 square miles, and is 
a virgin forest, not a stick of timber having ever been 
cut upon it. The tract contains over lOD known lakes, 
only about one-third of which have ever been explored 
except by Indians. The largest known lakes are Troix, 
Carabou, Lac de Passe, Mouise and Batiscan; and they 
are from five to thirteen miles long. Only brook trout 
(Salmo fontinalis) are found in the tract, and every lake 
and stream is full cf them. The largest fish caught 
since the territory has been formed into a club was 
caught last summer by Hon. William B. Kirk, ex-Mayor 
of Syracuse, and weighed gibs. But before the club 
was organized) in 1894, trout had been caught weighing 
over lolbs. 
Since the organization of the club a few of the large 
catches of fish have been: 
Dean Robbins, of All Saints' Cathedral, Albany, 12 
fish weighing 72lbs., the tAvo largest weighing 8^4 and 
8H. 
Charles H. Mowry, editor Sporting Goods Gazette, 
Syracuse, 33 trout weighing iio>4lbs.; average 3lbs. 
50Z. each, the largest 6j'41bs. 
A. N. Cheney, New York State Fishculturist, 35 trout 
weighing iiyyilhs,; the largest, 7lbs. 
" The Triton aboxmds in game — partridge, duck, cari- 
bou, moose and bear — and in fur-bearing animals there 
^are muskrats, mink, otters and beavers. 
The daughter of Hon. Charles Andrews, Chief Judge 
of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, killed 
two caribou la.st yeai", and as she expressed it, could 
have killed twenty more. 
Commenting upon the election of Mr. G. F, Gregory, 
of Syracuse, as president of the Triton Club for 1898, 
the courier, of that city, says: 
"The election of G. Fred Gregory, of Syracuse, as 
president of the famous Triton Fish and Game Club, of 
the Province of Quebec, serves to call attention to this 
unique organization, in which Syracusans play a most 
important "part. Mr. Gregory has been a member of the 
club since 189s, and ever since he joined the associa- 
tion he has labored with energy and enthusiasm to pro- 
mote its interests and to advance its prosperity. A true 
sportsman and a lover of nature, Mr. Gregory takes 
delight in exploring the Canadian lakes and wilderness, 
while his sportsman's instincts are stinudated and more 
than gratified by the success which attends the efforts 
of himself and fellow-members of the Triton Club to 
woo the unequaled brook trout from their native ele- 
ment, Largely through Mr. Gregory's efforts the mem- 
bership of the Triton Fish and Game Club has been 
made to include a large number of prominent Syra- 
cusans who spend from two to six weeks each summer 
in hunting or fishing or in enjoying outdoor life." 
The home of the Triton Club is located on the pre- 
serve situated within the deep recesses of the Laurentian 
Mountains, in the Province of Quebec, and is an ideal 
resort for those who desire to get as far as possible 
from the haunts of man in their search for rest, recrea- 
tion and enjoj'ment. Geologists say that these moun- 
tains are the oldest in the world, but whether this be 
true or not, there is no doubt that the trees that cover 
them are a virgin forest which has never been cut or 
interfered with by the hand of man. Here one may find 
conditions which have existed undisturbed perhaps 
since the flood, and no more interesting or attractive 
locality exists on the American continent, at least to 
those who enjoy outdoor sports and exhilarating recre- 
ation hundreds of miles from the haunts of man. The 
Triton Club house is easily reached from Syracuse^ in 
twenty-seven hours in a sleeping or parlor car. Having 
reached this comfortable club house, members can re- 
main there if they so desire, for there is good fishing 
at its very doors. And the scenery is wild, beautiful and 
deeply impressive. The club preserve contains 800 
square miles, st> it will at- once h€ sgfeii that there is no 
chance that the quarters will ever be crowded, and 
there is plenty of opportunity for the members to 
"spread out" and become explorers in a region ncA^er 
trodden save by the foot of the Indian. 
From the club house there is a choice of five or six 
different routes leading into the deep recesses of the 
virgin forest. Supplies, such as tents, canoes and pro- 
visions and camp outfits, are obtained at the club house, 
and with their Indian guides as pioneers the Syracuse 
members of the Triton Club strike out from the club 
hovise for a twenty-five or .more miles' tramp and ex- 
ploring tour through regions as primitive in their cHar- 
THE TRITON CLUB HOUSE. 
acter as the mind of man could imagine or conceive of. 
After a long day's tramp and carry, the camp is struck 
at night, and the tired fishermen and hunters, after par- 
taking of a hearty supper prepared by the Indian guides, 
who are the best of chefs, stretch themselves upon the 
ground and enjoy a sound night's sleep and rest. Every 
lake and stream teems with brook trout, and remark- 
able catches are constantly reported during the fishing 
season. 
Mr. Cheney states that in all his life he had never 
found fishing to approach that in the Triton Club pre- 
serve. Surely the true sportsman could wish for no 
higher gratification of his sporting proclivities than may 
be obtained in this favorite spot. But it is not fishing 
alone that lures Syracusans to the Triton grounds. 
Hunting is not the least of the pastimes afforded, and the 
game is royal game at that. Caribou, moose, bear, par- 
tridge and duck are to be found in abundance, and such 
fur-bearing animals as the beaver, otter, mink and musk- 
rat. 
Syracusans have enjoyed the royal sport of bringing 
down a caribou. Among those favored in this respect 
were Mrs. William S. Andress, an enthusiastic hunter; 
THE CXUB HOUSE FHOM THE LAKE. 
Douglass E. Petit, Morris A. Smart, Charles Mowry, 
John Moore and others. No more exciting and exhila- 
rating sport could be imagined than the successful chase 
after these royal denizens of the primitive forest. Surely 
the true sportsman could desire nothing more than a sea- 
son of enjoyment in the wide-reaching preserves of the 
Triton Club among the recesses of the Laurentian 
Mountains. ■ Summer or vacation life in this famed re- 
sort is wild, but free, and untrammeled by the customs 
and rules of everyday existence. Here a man may 
"rough it" in the pure air of the motmtains. enjoy camp 
life with a good bed and an abundance of good food, 
follow the bent of his inclination to hunt or fish, and 
gain health, while pursuing sport to a degree never be- 
fore experienced, and such which cannot be experi- 
enced under like conditions in any other spot on the 
American continent. ^ 
New England Spoftsmen's Exposition. 
Boston, Feb. 21. — Secretary Walter L. Hill, of the 
New England Sportsmen's Association, says that fea- 
tures of the exhibit in March are already arriving. There 
are to be several live moose — one report says seven, but- 
Mr. Hill is not sure of so many. Two caribou are al- 
ready at hand; also a silver-gray fox. A Canada 
lynx is assured, and two black bears are on the way. 
California and Southern quail are to be shown, as well 
as numerous other game -features. All these creatures 
will be there and alive. There is to be no faking. 
Fakirs and outside issues are not to be tolerated. Men 
of means as well as lovers of outdoor sports have taken 
hold of the affair for the sole ptirpose of making a genu- 
ine sportsmen's exhibit Special. 
The Forest and Stream ?"s put to press each week on 
Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publication 
should reach us at the Icttest hy Monday, and as much 
earlier as practicable. 
[fm. 26, i§9§i 
Proverbs of Angling, 
Compiled by Shaganoss* 
1. " The hand thoit rocks the cradle rules ihe ikdrW' 
Perhaps that is so, but most men had rather go fish- 
ing than rock cradles. 
2. '■'■Speak gently of the erring.''' 
That is wise, especially if the "erring" paity is bigger 
than you are. He may pitch you out of the boat. 
3. '■'■Nemo bis punitur eodem delicto." 
This means, when fishing, don't kick yourself twice 
for the same mistake. Once is enough. 
4. There's many a slip 'ttvixt the hook and the land- 
ing net." 
An excellent toast, should be drunk in silence, with 
the gas turned down low, and at the end of the feast. 
5. Nihil tetigit quod non ornavit." 
This means that he always spit on the bait. 
6. "Necessity knoivs no law." 
When you get a hook in your finger, get it out the 
b«st way you can. 
7. "Errare est humanum." 
Yes, especially when fishing; and the worst of it is that 
the errors are always in favor of the fish. 
8. '■^De gustihus non est dispiitandum." 
If an angler chooses to carry his worms in his mouth, 
it is nobody's business but his own. 
Still this is a practice which I cannot recommend. 
Ladies are liable to object to it sometimes. 
9. "A fish in flee landing net is worth sixteen in the 
water * 
— especially if it is a big one. 
10. "Let me carry the bait bottle and I care not who 
pulls the oars." 
11. "Caveat emptor." 
This is an old Latiii jphrase, which means that when 
a man, returning at night with an empty creel, stops and 
buys his fish at the market house, it is a good plan to 
cut fish-hook holes in their jaws before lie shows them 
to his wife. 
12. "De minnowmis lex non curate 
This means that stealing minnows is not a crime 
known to the law. 
13. "Thy friend and thy father s friend forsake 
not" 
—except when the fish bite, and then give them "the 
grand shake." 
14. "One fish lie, well stuck to, is better than a 
wheelbarrow load of cold facts." 
15. "He that taketh a fish is better than he that rul- 
eth ajiation." 
i6 "Dulce est desipeiy in loco." 
When you want to make a fool of yourself, it is a good 
plan to see that nobody is around. 
17. "A man is known by the company he keeps." 
Some men are; others are known by the fishing yarns 
they tell. 
' 1 8. '■'■Keep thy bdif with all diligence, for out of it 
arc the issues of the trip." 
19. "Duin vii'i/nus, vii'dmus." 
When you are fishing, fish. Don't waste any time 
swapping jack-knives. 
20. "Dulce et decorum est mendaciiim dicefe" 
Marc Anthony one day rmloaded some of his fishing 
yarns upon Mrs. Cleopatra. The above terse remark 
constituted her reply. She evidently knew Marc thor- 
oughly. 
21. "Time and tide wait for no man." 
I never knew them to — at least, not since the time of 
Joshua, B. C. 14S1. Bui this is too old a case to be 
relied on as a precedent. 
22. '* Too much of a good thing" 
— is unknown in fishing. Don Quixote hit the nail 
squarely on the head when he remarked: "That which is 
good is never superfluous." 
23. "Dx nihilo nihil fit." 
Which means that the man who tries to catch fish 
without bait is tolerably sure to get left. 
2-4. ^'Tiscator nascitur, non fit." 
This is a fact, and it doesn't make any difference who 
his parents are, either. 
2-5. '^^ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to dff, dv it with 
thy might." ' 
This was Solomon's way of saying that a fishing party 
is no place for mugwumps, kickers or drones. "Fish, 
cut bait or go ashore" was the rule then, as now. 
26. " The lame and the lazy are ahvays provided for, ' ' 
This isn't true, though, for reasons strictly personal 
to myself, I wish it was. 
27. "Tnhocsigno vinces." 
Make sure that you have good bait before you start 
out. 
2:8. ^'•Concensus facit legem." 
Freely translated, this means that when the other fel- 
lows lie about their scores, it isn't worth your while to 
stick to the truth. 
