Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VII. Fisheries and game

Collection:: Economics Books

FISHERIES AND GAME 105 that which requires the lessees to guard from poaching the fish and game 'n the lands leased to them and to protect the forests from fire and other damage. ) Residents of the United States have been quick to see the advantages this province offers them and many of the best fishing lakes and hunting ground are leased by them. Some United States fish and game clubs spend from $10,000 to $50,000 a year within the province, and the prices paid for salmon-fishing rights on some of the rivers flowing into the St. Lawrence range from $5,000 to $12,500 annually. The control of fishing leases is in hands of the Fish and Game Service of the Provincial Department of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries, at Quebec. Although many of the most noted streams are under lease, there are numerous opportunities available for the very best salmon and trout angling. Excellent fishing waters are still unleased in the Saguenay region, in the counties of Chicoutimi, Lake St. John, Charlevoix, Ottawa and Pontiac and in the more northerly portions of the counties of Cham- plain, St. Maurice, Maskinongé, Berthier, and Joliette. Fishing and hunting territories now leased to clubs and private parties number nearly 600 and comprise about 225 rivers and some 4,000 to 5,000 lakes. More than 2,700 camps have been built on these reserves and the leccees furnish employment to 600 guardians and some 1,500 guides. Salmon Rivers.—In the Gaspé peninsula are found some of the finest salmon rivers in Canada—the Restigouche, Matapédia, Cascapédia, Bonaventure, York, St. John, Dartmouth, and the Magdalen. The angling rights in the Cascapédia, which is one of the finest salmon rivers in the world, bring in $12,000 annually. The Matapédia is renowned for its magnificent scenery, picturesque rapids and salmon fishing. The angling in the salmon rivers flowing into the Saguenay and in the most accessible of those emptying into the St. Lawrence river and gulf from the Saguenay to the eastern limits of the province is leased to private indivi- duals and clubs. and is carefully preserved. The Ouananiche.—A three hours’ trip from Chicoutimi, the upper terminus of navigation on the Saguenay, brings the angler to lake St. John—the heart of the best ouananiche (land-locked salmon) fishing in the world. In almost every part of the lake good fishing is to be had during the first two months of the season. Practically unlimited are the well-stocked trout waters that reach out from the lake in all directions. The majority of the best rivers and lakes of the St. John district are already under lease by fish and game clubs. The grey or fork-tailed trout, which range in size from 2 to 6 pounds. are caught in Témiscouata lake and in the Touladi river.

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