Our Vanishing Wild Life eBook

William Temple Hornaday
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 632 pages of information about Our Vanishing Wild Life.

Our Vanishing Wild Life eBook

William Temple Hornaday
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 632 pages of information about Our Vanishing Wild Life.

The Laurentides National Park is second in area of all the national parks of Canada, being surpassed only by the Rocky Mountains Park of British Columbia.  Its area is 3565 square miles, or 2,281,600 acres.  It occupies the entire central portion of the great area surrounded by Lake St. John, the Saguenay River, the wide portion of the St. Lawrence, and the St. Maurice River on the west.  Its southern boundary is in several places only 16 miles from the St. Lawrence, while its most northern angle is within 13 miles of Lake St. John.  Its greatest width from east to west is 71 miles, and its greatest length from north to south is 79 miles.  It covers a huge watershed in which over a dozen large rivers and many small ones have their sources.  It is indeed a forest primeval.  The rivers are well stocked with fish, and the big game includes moose, woodland caribou, black bear, lynx, beaver, marten, fisher, mink, fox, and—­sad to say—­the gray wolf.  The caribou live in rather small bands, from 10 up to 100.

Unfortunately, hunting under license is permitted in the Laurentian National Park, and therefore it is by no means a real game preserve!  It is a near-preserve.

The Gaspesian Forest, Fish and Game Preserve, created in 1906, is in “the Gaspe country,” and it has an area of 2500 square miles situated in the eastern Quebec counties of Gaspe and Matane.

The Connaught National Park, to be named in honor of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, has been proposed by Mr. J.M.  Macoun, of the Canadian Geological Survey.  The general location chosen is the mountains and forested territory north of Ottawa and the Ottawa River, within easy access from the Canadian capitol.  On the map the location recommended lies between the Gatineau River on the east and Wolf Lake on the west.  The proposal is meeting with much popular favor, and it is extremely probable that it will be carried into effect at an early date.

LABRADOR.—­During the past two years Lieut.-Col.  William Wood has strongly advocated the making of game preserves in Labrador, that will not only tend to preserve the scanty fauna of that region from extinction but will also aid in bringing it back.  While Col.  Wood’s very energetic and praiseworthy campaign has not yet been crowned with success, undoubtedly it will be successful in the near future, because ultimately such causes always win their objects, provided they are prosecuted with the firm and unflagging persistence which has characterized this particular campaign.  We congratulate Col.  Wood on the success that he will achieve in the near future!

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GAME LAWS OF THE CANADIAN PROVINCES

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