. Fishing and shooting along the lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, the prairies and mountains of western Canada, the Maritime Provinces, the state of Maine, and in Newfoundland [microform]. Fishing; Hunting; Pêche sportive; Chasse. il THK CANADIAN NMRTHWKHT .V â i Buperb sport ran hv «'njoyed with the ffrnnw aniong the brushy foothills of the giant range, (iood Htiooting may be found within vany driving diHtance of t)it> towti, and glorious mountain-trout (iHhing on tlu^ Row lliver and itH tributaries, to say nothing of the deligh
. Fishing and shooting along the lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, the prairies and mountains of western Canada, the Maritime Provinces, the state of Maine, and in Newfoundland [microform]. Fishing; Hunting; Pêche sportive; Chasse. il THK CANADIAN NMRTHWKHT .V â i Buperb sport ran hv «'njoyed with the ffrnnw aniong the brushy foothills of the giant range, (iood Htiooting may be found within vany driving diHtance of t)it> towti, and glorious mountain-trout (iHhing on tlu^ Row lliver and itH tributaries, to say nothing of the delights of visiting the ranches and being entertained by those princes of good fellows, the ranchmen. North of ( is the Hed Deer region, easily reached by rail, a great one for big game, between the railway and the mountains, and fiu'ther north still, bey«>nd Kdmonton, in the Great Mackenzie basin, a field is «)ffered the more adventurous hunter. Buffalo range in small bands west of Great Slave River, but there are only a comparatively few left of these noble monarchs which once dominated the plains, and Lhey are protected. The coiuitry is sparsely inhabited, and there are excellent opportunitit^s around Ijike Athabasca and Great Slave Lake for securing elk, moose, bear and jumping deer, and in the "barren lands," north-east of Great Slave Lake,are musk-ox and reindeei-, the latter being Nom(>times found as far south as Lake Athabasca, and at nearly all points en route are ducks, swan and gees<^ galore. There are white fish and trout in the lakes and rivers. The trip commences with a 0()-mile waggon-ride to Athabasca Landing, from which steamers belonging to the Hudson's Bay Co. nm to within the limits of the Arctic circle. Inquiries at the ('()ini)any's offices at Win- nipeg should be made, however, before the trip is undertaken, to pi'event disappointment, as the steamers i-uti at infretpient intervals. In Southern \iberta, reached l»y the
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