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FOREST AND STREAM 
Some of the Best 1914 Big Game Districts in Canada 
A “Been There” Summary of the best Moose, Caribou, Deer and Bear Territory 
in CANADA accessible this autumn 
. By S. E. Sangster. 
So many sportsmen are worrying themselves 
over the location of their 1914 hunting trip for 
moose or caribou in Canada and, in many cases, 
are worrying the writer as well, that possibly a 
few suggested locations may be found of prac¬ 
tical use by readers of this advice. 
1 confine myself to moose and caribou hunting 
essentially herein, as by far the greater majority 
of American big game sportsmen who look tow¬ 
ard Canada for their sport, are seekers of one or 
other (or both) these species of native Canadian 
big game. 
Roughly speaking, we may divide Canada’s 
accessible game country for moose and caribou by 
the provincial boundaries —New Brunswick, 
practically 85 per cent, of which is moose terri¬ 
tory and much of it good November caribou 
territory as well— Quebec- In the past but little 
exploited and, aside from a large number of 
leased club districts, practically little generally 
known as to the possibilities here available: 
Ontario. The moose districts being as a whole 
confined to the area from Temagami east and 
west and northward over the Height of Land. 
Nova Scotia. Whose moose sections have been 
made famous by the pen of Dr. Edward Breck, 
one of the sincerest of the red-blooded outdoor 
Brotherhood. 
New Brunswick’s fame as a moose and caribou 
country is so widely and favorably known that I 
do not deem it necessary to devote more than a 
few general remarks here to this Province. The 
season lifts on September : 5 and the non-resi¬ 
dent license cost is $50.00. There are something- 
like 17,000 square miles of forest in this Province 
and almost this entire area is moose country. 
The best hunting time for moose is either from 
October 10th to 20th or for still hunting on the 
snow, through November. For caribou it offers 
pretty strong inducements for November hunt¬ 
ing, but not in October. Practically all the guides 
(who, by the way are registered) advertising in 
the bigger outing publications are reliable men 
and will handle sportsmen going to them, con¬ 
scientiously and in an efficient manner; some, of 
course, have better accommodation than others, 
in the way of cosy, permanent “Camps.’’ these 
charging, as a general thing a little more than the 
others. I might say that one can, as a rule, put 
himself in the hands of any of these men and his 
reliance will not be misplaced. 
When we come to Quebec, however, we find a 
big game country that has remained almost un¬ 
known, aside from the leased club areas, to the 
outside sportsmen. Consequently the situation 
arises, when we attempt to obtain guides that are 
proved as A. I. men, of running up again a blame. 
There are, without question, lots of men in the 
northern portions of Quebec who are capable of 
making splendid guides; they possess the knowl¬ 
edge of the game and country it homes in, but 
most of these are habitant breeds and as a rule 
speak only habitant French. Now that the Na¬ 
tional Transcontinental Railway line cuts through 
the very heart of the moose and trout sections 
of this Province, as well as of Ontario, the 
writer hopes to see a number of good whites, and 
also some of the Indians, take up the guiding of 
big game parties as a regular business and, as a 
consequence, in another year or two there will 
undoubtedly, be cosy camps built north of the 
He Looked Up, Not Surprised, But Interested. 
