. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 336 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 119 Algonquin Park Moose Population - 1950-2003 5000 4000 LLJ 3000 C/) o o O 2000 1000. "die off" years 0 1945 1955 1965 1985 1975 YEAR Figure 3. Moose population estimates, Algonquin Park, 1950 - 2003. 1995 2005 in recent times" after crossing over from Quebec (Anonymous 1893*). Moose were, at any rate, well established in the Park by the late 1800s as evidenced by reports of the early land surveyors (, Dickson 1883*; Byrne 1884*; Fitzgerald 1890*) discussed earlier
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 336 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 119 Algonquin Park Moose Population - 1950-2003 5000 4000 LLJ 3000 C/) o o O 2000 1000. "die off" years 0 1945 1955 1965 1985 1975 YEAR Figure 3. Moose population estimates, Algonquin Park, 1950 - 2003. 1995 2005 in recent times" after crossing over from Quebec (Anonymous 1893*). Moose were, at any rate, well established in the Park by the late 1800s as evidenced by reports of the early land surveyors (, Dickson 1883*; Byrne 1884*; Fitzgerald 1890*) discussed earlier. Reports of waste- ful killing of Moose by hunters in the late 1800s in the area soon to be Algonquin Park (Anonymous 1893*) also suggest high numbers. Bartlett's annual reports, however, suggest that Moose were less com- mon than deer in the early 1900s (Bartlett 1905-1921*). Moose are consistently referred to as "increasing" or "greatly increased" but as secondary to deer in these reports. Moose may, however, have been locally num- erous as "in great numbers along the Nipissing River" in 1908 (Bartlett 1908). There is a gap in reports of Moose abundance through the 1920s and 1930s, although Robinson (1933) reported that Moose "have increased greatly in numbers" after the "disappearance of the deer" he had noted from the early 1920s; the implication is that Moose were scarce relative to deer up to about 1921 which is in agreement with Bartlett. It seems, however, that Moose had declined again by the 1940s. Robb (1942) reports seeing only 19 Moose (but 254 deer) in Beaver surveys in the Park in 1939-1940 and C. H. D. Clarke suggested that Moose were very scarce in 1945. Clarke reported that although Moose are "dis- tributed across the Park" only "one specimen found dead"'could be examined and that "Algonquin Park is hardly the place to study moose in Ontario" (Clarke 1945*). He further reported tha
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