
Canoeing to James Bay 
(Continued from page 524) 
Many are the legends of the Manitou 
who lives upon its summit and con- 
jures his spells upon all who pass, un- 
less they throw a bit of tobacco into 
the river above as a propitiatory offer- 
ing. Above Conjuror’s Falls the river 
is full of heavy rapids, tremendously 
exciting to run going down, but the 
very devil itself to negotiate going up. 
Two of these, at least, must be por- 
taged by short lifts. 
To any who contemplate taking this 
trip, I should like to give some special 
advice. First, don’t attempt it unless 
you are physically strong, and are an 
experienced canoeist and camper. You 
would better get your guide from the 
Hudson Bay Company’s Post at Mat- 
tice, Ontario. The trip down the Al- 
bany is so easy that no previous knowl- 
edge of the river on the part of the 
guide is necessary, but for the trip up 
from Moose Factory you should have 
a man who is thoroughly acquainted 
with the river, as the rapids are dan- 
gerous and portages hard to find. Grub 
and canoe you can get at Pagua, and 
pole shoes at Fort Albany or Moose 
Factory. You will need to cut poles 
somewhere on the Albany, as good pole 
spruce is hard to find around Moose 
Factory. Tourists are not allowed to 
carry guns in Ontario during the sum- 
mer, but if your guide will take one 
along you will have plenty of moose 
meat all the way. 
If you have not your own tents, 
dishes, blankets, etc., you can probably 
rent them from the Revillon Fur Com- 
‘pany, at Pagua; otherwise you will 
have to furnish them yourself. 
I as- 
sume that anyone who has had suf- 
ficient experience to attempt the trip 
will know what to take in the way of 
grub, duffle and food bags, tump lines, 
dishes and clothing. 
July is the best month for the trip, 
for you are reasonably sure of good 
water, although the bugs are so bad 
that mosquito-bars in the tents are ab- 
solutely necessary. You can figure the 
time required as follows: Pagua to 
Fort Albany five to seven days, Albany 
to Moose Factory five to twelve days, 
| 
Moose Factory to the steel at Mattice, 
Kapuskasing or Fouquier, ten to twelve 
days, so that, allowing for stop-overs 
at Albany and Moose Factory, you can 
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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
easily complete the trip in a month. 
The following maps will be found use- 
ful: 
Ontario, Michipicoten Sheet and Mat- 
tagami Sheet, Dept. of Interior, Ot- 
tawa, Ont. Scale 8 miles to 1 in. 
Railroad Map of Canada. Section in- 
cluding the Great Lakes and James 
Bay. Dept. of Interior, Ottawa. 
Scale 34 miles to 1 in. 
Map of Part of Northern Ontario, 
showing the Districts of Timiskam- 
ing, Sudbury, Algoma, and Parts of 
Nipissing. 1918. Dept. of Lands, 
Forests and Mines, Toronto, Ont. 
8 miles to 1 in. 
I have tried to give you a picture of 
the James Bay country, a land of 
violent contrasts, of blackest storm 
clouds and golden sunshine, of cold 
shimmering aurora and brightly tinted 
wild flowers, of strenuous daily toil and 
deep refreshing sleep, a tand that sul- 
lenly repels, and the next day smilingly 
beckons again. When at the end of my 
first trip I stepped on board the train 
at Fouquier and said good-bye to the 
north country, I swore a solemn oath 
that never again would I set foot in 
such a region, but two years later the 
call of the north was too imperious to 
be resisted, and I have little doubt that 
if my health and strength are unim- 
paired and I have a few extra dollars 
in my pocket, I shall be found a year 
from this summer perched on a sand- 
bar in James Bay, waiting for the tide. 

Trout Fishing in Lakes 
(Continued from page 521) 
are often most difficult to entice with | 
any kind of lure, they are so fat and 
lazy as often to be the despair of 
anglers, even natives and guides most 
familiar with the water are sometimes 
nonplussed. Such fish are almost always 
unwilling to notice an unfamiliar bait, 
unlike the food which is ever present 
among them. 
I know of wise native fishermen who 
go out to fish all night long, be- 
ing fully aware the larger fish prefer 
to feed at night, then go back to deep 
water to sleep, masticate food, perhaps 
to sulk; at any rate they are rarely 
actively feeding during the day. 
I was canoe fishing in a Canadian 
lake spotted all over with anglers live 
bait fishing with the usual thing—min- 
nows and big worms—yet none had suc- 
cess. Just alongside, one man hap- 
pened to try a large black nymph 
creeper to which he tied a long white 
hackle feather. With this unusual bait 
he landed in quick time forty odd fine 
trout by casting it out to sink deep, 
then to reel rapidly back, as he said, 
“they took it for a minnow’—much to 


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