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America. It shelters an abundance of large and small game and encloses
rhe headwaters of such celebrated trout streams as the rivers Montmorency,
Jacques-Cartier, Ste. Anne, Batiscan, Métabetchouan, Chicoutimi and
others. A liberal policy in opening this park to the tourist and sportsman
 is in force and permits for fishing are issued by the Provincial Fish
and Game Branch, of the Department of Colonization, Mine and Fisheries,
Quebec.
Another forest and game preserve set apart by the Provincial Government
 is known as the Gaspé National Park. It includes an area of 2,500
square miles and is situated in the mountainous region of the Gaspé peninsula,
 enclosing the headwaters of the Cascapédia, Bonaventure, Magdalen
and other rivers. The region is absolutely wild and is the natural habitat
~f moose. caribou. bear. deer, etc.

Moose.—Moose are plentiful in the forests along the St. Maurice
river, and in the Ottawa district, with its enormous hinterland, including
the Mattawa, Kipawa, and Timiskaming regions, moose, woodland caribou,
and deer are all to be found. Excellent wild fowl shooting is to be obtained,
as duck, goose, partridge, plover, snipe, etc., are plentiful. Moose are
numerous in the counties of Témiscouata, Montmagny, and Rimouski;
large numbers of them roam in the heart of the Gaspé peninsula. Caribou
are also found in the forests skirting the Patapédia river. and the headwaters
 of the Matapédia.

Hunting Regulations.—The open season for hunting big game is as
follows :—
Moose—In counties north of the St. Lawrence river, September 10 to
December 31 inclusive.
In counties south of the St. Lawrence river, September 20 to December
31 inclusive.
Deer—September 1 to November 30 inclusive.
CArIBOU—Prohibited until 1933.

The young of deer, moose or caribou, if only one year old or less, must
not be hunted or killed. Cow moose must not be killed at any time.
Not more than one moose and two deer. may be killed in one season
by any one person.
The Minister of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries may lease by
auction or by private arrangement, hunting territories not exceeding 200
square miles each to one or more persons for not more than ten vears,
for an annual sum of not less than $3 a square mile.
GAME BIRDS—WOODCOCK, SNIPE, PLoVER—September 1 to December
15, inclusive except in districts adjacent to tidal waters, where the
season is September 1 to November 30.