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and silver lake trout in Maine; laker and lunge in New Hampshire, and lunge in Vermont. 
Salmon trout is more or less common to the three States as well as elsewhere. In the Great 
Lakes, trout and Mackinaw trout are of local use. Gray trout is essentially a book name. Red 
trout and black salmon are said to be sometimes applied to it. Touladi is a name which in most 
fish books is said to be in use in Maine and to be derived from a lake of that name. As a matter 
of fact the name of the New Brunswick lake is derived from the Micmac Indian name of the 
fish. Namaycush or namecoos is applied to it by the Nepigon, Cree, and Labrador Indians. 
The Lake Trout is of wide northern distribution extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific 
and to the Arctic Ocean. It is common in the Great Lakes and northward, and occurs sparingly 
in Idaho, the Frazer River basin, British Columbia, and in Alaska. Of the New England States 
it occurs naturally only in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Aside from Lake Champlain 
and Memphremagog, it is found in but a few localities in northern Vermont. In 1842, Thomp- 
son ^ said: “This fish was formerly common in Lake Champlain and in several ponds in the 
western part of the state, but like the salmon, it is now rarely caught in those waters. It is, 
however, still found in considerable plenty in several ponds in the northern part of Vermont, 
particularly in Orleans county. Bellwater pond in Barton, and several ponds in Glover, 
Charleston, &c., are much celebrated on account of the fine longe which they afford.” 
Evermann and Kendall ^ record it from Lake Champlain, Lake Memphremagog, Caspian 
Lake, Dunmore, Willoughby, and Maidstone. 
The New Hampshire Fish Commissioners’ Report for 1892 states that the fish was indige- 
nous to only six lakes in New Hampshire, viz,, First and Second Connecticut Lakes, Squaw Lake, 
Winnipesaukee Lake, including Winnisquam, Newfound Lake, and East Pond in Enfield. The 
report also adds that it is said to have once been plenty in Maocoma Lake but none had been 
caught there for many years and it is supposed to have become extinct. In 1792, Belknap ^ 
said that in some of the bays of “ Winipisogee ” Lake and River, very large trout are taken with 
the hook. In New Hampshire, as well as in other New England States, its distribution has been 
extended by fish culture. A few have been found in Sunapee Lake, probably accidentally 
introduced. 
In Maine, with the exception of a few isolated localities, the natural distribution of the 
togue seems to be restricted to certain waters of the Kennebec basin and the region to the 
northward and eastward. The report of the State Fish Commissioners for 1867 refers it gener- 
ally to lakes of the Upper Kennebec, Penobscot, St. John’s, and St. Croix systems, and especially 
to Thompson Pond in Poland, Wilton Pond in Wilton, and Tunk Lakes in Hancock County.- 
Thompson Pond is one of the two or three instances and perhaps the only occurrence in the 
Androscoggin waters. It has been recorded from no other waters in Maine west of the Andros- 
coggin. Its distribution in the basins where it is more common possesses peculiar exceptions. 
' See synonymy. 
