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I the north, iil-;ii1\- two-thinls of the tlistancc from York to Iliklson's l^ay, lies the home of the Oiia- clie, the weird and picturcsciuc Lake St. John and ibut. ir\' waters. ■aw two strait^ht hncs to ^hc North Pole over the p, one from New York and the other from Boston, tilt ■itcrly and ca.stcrly bound; )f the only arics I territor\- in which you need expect to find a Ouananiche. To the south and to the north, this sportsman's paradise is bounded by the fort)--ei^duh and fort)-ninth parallels, respectively, of north latitude, llow do you ^et there? No wonder you ask this c]uestion, for up to a )-car or two a^o the only means of commu- nication between this vast territory and civilization was a loni,^ Indian pathway, blazed throu^rh the woods, or b\- water-wa)s tra\ersetl b\- the inevitable bark canoe. Now, the mysterious inland sea that the Indians call Pikouaiiami, and that we know as Lake St. John, is reached by a daily parlor car .service that runs to the northern terminus of one of the most northerly railways in America, nearly two hundred miles in leui^th, throu- between the old citj- of Quebec and the honie of the Ouananiche. !l ' i I * Batiscan River passed by Quebec & Lake St. John Railway on way to Hotel Roberval. In thk RdiiKKVAi. I'ahi.ipk. the lake and sunouiulinj,' couiUi)- "j'l 1 K()l)er\al, thi; jjU'si'iU iiortlu'il)- terini- ^' \^^ mis of the (Jiiehec and Lake St. John Railw ay, on the westerly sidL'of the lake.passen- L,uT Irainsarrive at and lea\e ihi' station imnic- (hatel) frontin^the 1 lotel Koberx al. I'hishotel has been, of kite, so extended anil improved, that it is now one of the most commodious in Canada, it has a frontai^e of iSo feet, ovcr- lookinj,r the lake, has two wind's, each one hundietl feet lonj.^, and has accommodation for three lumd red ^mests. It is supplied with billiard-room, bowling-alley and a promenade and concert hall, and its dining-room measures seventy by thirt_\-five feet. The bed-rooms are a 1 large, comfortable ami well \eiitilated, .several being en suite, while almost ever)- room in the house commands a magnificent view of rile cuisine is unsuri)assed, being under the supervision of a competent French chef The out-tloor attractiijiis arc lawn tennis, croquet, fishing, bathing, boating and driving. The house is sujjplied with hot and coldwatcr,and electric light throughout, the grounds being illuminated in like manner. Ouiatchouaniche River, flowing into Lake St. John, near Hotel Roberval. I jiyui ji -JlJI 1 'i»^ ''^^^tHWiiv* !¥-**•••«' ' * I * Lake St. John from Hotel Roberval. Jrusuiill)(l:it(,'s rioiii the first wcckof JiiiK-.u liilo llu" more exciting sport of fi^htin^ these land loilseil salmon in the seethin^^ rajjids of the (iraiul 1 )iseliHr^re, may l)e had from the first week of Julj' to the iStli of September. Tliese rapids are formed In- tile action of i,al-, tlu-re is scarcel\' an\thin;4 t<> compare with tlu> view of the setting' sun over lake St. John as seen from the island House, unless it be the risin^ sun as seen across the same body of water froin the Hotel Roberval. When Mr. II. J. Heemer, pn>i)rirtor of these 1 lotc-K, returned from I'jirope in iS.S^ he found that the lishini^ privileges in this vast territory had been leased from the Government, and were controlled by private indiviiluals. Grand Discharge Fishins Grounds near Island House, where the Ouananiche are caught' (T"" OURISTS and anglers were being imposed upon J on ever)- iiand, as high as $5 per day being charged for a single rod. After consulting with representative sporting men from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Springfield, Washington and other large cities, who were guests at his hotels, Mr. Beemer put himself in communicatifin with the Provincial Government, and ascertaineu that the leases expired in the spring of that year, and with characteristic American enterprise, at once concluded arrange- ments with the Govcrinncnt to gi\ i- him the exclu- sive fishing rights of Lake Sain John and its tributaries, embracing an area of over 20,000 sciuare miles'. These valuable waters are all thrown freely open to the guests of Mr, Becmer's hotels, no charge being made for fishing rights, directly or indirectly. So that the payment of regular hotel rates, secures to the sporting fraternity of the United States, Canada and Kuroi)e, the privileges of the grandest fishing waters of North America. These houses are both under the supcrintendenc\- of Mr. T. Keima, late of the West Brighton. Three .steamers are run upon the lake in connection with these hotels and fishing grounds, namely : " Peribonca," " Undine," and " Mistassini." In thr Rorkrval Billiard Room. THE ISLAND HOUSE. Run in connection with Hotel Roberval. iT~^ 1 1 1^ latter is a ])cifectly new boat, staunch and J fleet, capable of accommodating 400 passengers anil will make daily trips across the lake, during the tourist season, between Hotel Roberval ami Island House, covering the distance of twenty -five miles in one hour and a half Ihis steamer is admirably furnished and m /trtir^- ^■•I'^'ipP^"*^' ^^i'^''' every thing necessary for the com- ♦iMr"^ tort of passengers, and especially of that of the ^ lathes. .Another is available for excursions to other l)arts of the lake and to its mighty tributaries, and ^''HPH' fiM^tr . a third, which carries some fifty pas.sengers, i.s in On thk Robrkval GRonNos. great demand for private charters. Complete outfits for camping parties are to be had at both hotels, and include sail-boats, row-boats, canoes of the latest tiesign, tents, guides, cooking utensils and provisions. At the foot of a .series of fill Is that terminate the first impassable rapids of the Grand Dis- charge, the wily Ouananiche may always be fought and killetl from terra firma. Hut if jou de- sire the most exciting form of the sport and the largest fish, while all the time you are enjojing the most delightful kind of locomotion known to sportsmen, )()U must betake yourself to one of the Canadian vo\ageurs' bark canoes, and be paddled In- the canoeman and his assistant, through whirling rapids, around dangerous rocks and etldies, and by the edge of the pools where the land- locked salmon of Lake St. John best love to linger in large sized shoals. VV ^h^k Camp Scott, below Grand Discharge near Island House. (T) OTH the PVench and Indian voyageurs at Lake St. ' ,Jj John make splendid guides, and they are nowhere more at home than in steering their frail birch bark canoes through the rushing, whirling seething rapids of the Discliargc, and in bringing the angler to the edge of the scum-covered eddies, dotted with insect life, where the hungry Ouananichc lies in ambush below, waiting to spring ui)on his prey, as soon as his favorite fly floats around, Thc\' arc magnificently wild, these rapids, and it is a thrilling sensation to shoot them in the various channels that wash the Thousand Islands of the great lake's outlet, with nothing but the untutored skill of the dusky guide, and a sheet of birch bark, between you and eternity. "\'et \ou may as safely leave the conduct of your A GcEST OP THK HoTKL RoBRRVAL. cauoc tludugh thcsc foamlug waters, to your voyageur guides, as you would your horses to j-our coachman in the streets of Boston or New York. Nay, you are very much safer here. Street accidents are numerous in all our large cities, but none are known to have occurred to life or limb in the exciting rapids of the Grand Discharge. If you are a novice at the sport, your vojageurs will guide you in the selection of the proper fly, and in the most probable locality for a cast. c a 3 O X o % a £ n IL I <»- /^CCASIONALIA', the i^ainc of which nou arc in search, floats *s^ about so near to the surface of the water, tliat a luiinbcr of dorsal fins may be seen movini^ around through the creairy scum, that has come down hiden with insect hfe from the overflowing churn of )-onder rapids. Your "Jock Scot" or " I'armachcncc HcUc " skimmin<^ the surface of the water, with an occasional brief dive below it, has attracted the ncjtice of a voracious denizen of the localit)', and then there is the tu£j, followed b\ the steady strain upon the line, th.it the ;i.ns^lcr knows will not l)e for lonj^, without the responsive tui; that he mechanically pulses to the ijormandiser at the other cmA of his tackle. He has scarcely' time to e.\])erieiicc the thrill of dclit^ht that coursed throui,di his system like an electric shock, as he felt and return- ed the tUL,r ;it his hook, before he re.ilizes the fact that his troubles have only just be^un. The driving home of the hook w ;is as simple anil as quickl}- done as the pressing of the button ot his " Kodak." Hut that is not all. " Vou i)ress the button," .sa>'s in effect Mr. Ouananiche, "we do the rest," and he proceeds to tlo it too, forthw'ih. lie .hows fight from the start, and his move- ments would seem to indicate a combination ot Imoii, bass and trout. If he be a five or si.x pound fish, he may run out a good deal of line, and if the humor strikes him, will get awa\- down and sulk like any salmon. It is not very long, however, until he wakes uj) to business, for he knows nothing, in these rapiils, of the life of inilolence and lu.\urious ease, that conduces to enerva- tion and effeminacy. Ouananiche saught by a hotel suest, near Island House. ^7^~ 1 1 1'" \rry cxn'tcniciit and ui'a'st nf lii^^ ^^ ^uniUMidini^s ixMidcr iiiacti\it\' iinpossiUlc to him, wliik- tlic plij'sical exertion, necessarily eniploNcd in his constant strnt^^^des, amid the miL^hty forces of those turhiiK-nt waters, insures for him tlie possession of that courai,rc, a^iUty and streiiL^th, that make iiim tlie recoL;ni/.ed champion of the fmn\' warriors of Canach'an waters. In ])roportion to liis a\<)irdupois, he can do more tackle smashint,^, pound for pounti, than an\- fish that swims, liis leaps are ])rodiL;,; 'Us. He can 'j^lvc a black" bass loni;' otids, anfl then sIkiw him ])oints in hit^h jumpin;^. Habituated to overcome ol)stacles to his proL^ress up stream, b_\- throwini;' himself o\er tiiem throu;4h the air, his skyward somersaults and aerial contortions when hof)ked, leave the angler little leisure for contemi'lation while the strut^L^le is in prof^rcss. When it is understood that a Ouananichc of fi\e ])ounds weii^ht will freciuently leap fovu' feet or more out of water in his endeavor to i^et free, and, perhaps, a dozen times in succession, some idea ma)' be formed of his capacit)- for rod antl tackle smashiiii;, and of the skill that is nccessar\- to bring him safely out of both air and water. It has not infrequently happened that the somersaults of a Ouananichc hnve resulted in a leap into the anjflcr's canoe. A Guest of Hotel Roberval Ouananiche fishinff on the Metabetchouan River. r\ n r^\ I I'.N \()ii Ii:i\(.' killed yniir Ouiiniinichc, you ha\c sccurctl one VV of the hiuulsoincst ;is well ;is one of the ;4amest fish that swiins. Listen to Mr. J. (j. A. Creit^hlon's description of this brilliant warrior of our northern waters, from his i)aper in Scribncr's : — " In ajjpearance, a fresh-run salmon and a fresh run Ouananiche do not differ much m.n'c than salmon from different ri\ers. The back of a Ouananiche is t^recner blue, and in a fish just out of water, d K^^^' -=^'_-dj4^^^f can be seen to be marked v\ith (jHvc spots, somethini;^ like the ^^^^'- 1* — '- fg/ vermiculations on a trout. The silver)- sides arc more iridescent, the X marks are more numerous and less sharplj' defined; the patches of bronze, purple and i^reen on the i;ill-co\ers are lari^er and more brilliant, and w ith them are se\eral lar_L;e round black spot.s. As the water l^mows warm, the brij^ht hues ^^et dull, and toward autumn the rust}- red colour and hooked lower jaw of the spawnint^ salmon develop. As the Ouananiche, unlike the salmon, feeds continuous!)-, and in nnich heavier and swifter water than salmon lie in, it has a slinuner bod\- and larj/er fins, so that a ti\e pound Ouananiche can leap hiL;-her ai id oftener than a LM'ilsc, and fisjht like a te n-])ound sahn( m. The Ouananiche is much lonj^er than a trout of the same weii;ht ; a fi\e pounder, for ex am])le, is J5 inches lon;^-, twehe in i;irth and looks like an ei ;ht pound salmon. N ow and then. solitary- fish of L;reat size are seen, but the}' are intensel}' war}-, aiul cu-efully ^aiarded by the demon oi i 11 luck Lake Bouchette near Lake St. John. S(l\Cl"L'i!. ^h. all ■11 (if n/^rr ci.ARKi': s.us :— ^ \^ " 'I'uo nr thiTc American lakes, to wliich this piebald cliain|)i<)ii has been transpLmted, know him as the land-lockerl salmon, but in Lake St. John alone does he display his amazing and ob>linate strength, his marxellous fmcsse, his tenipe>tuous sonier-aults and his tremendous ti.H'htini;- (|ualilies. WeiL^ht for ueii^ht, he is innneasurabl)- the j^rande-^t i^aine that has yet lallen to the tisheiMnan's lure. In L;eneral outline, the ( )uananiche is a far more i^raceful Ush than the salmon, and in delicacy and in tlaxor of lle^h, is infmiteU' more palatable than either salmon or trout. As a stimulatini.^ sport, and fermentiiiL; excitement in its capture, he is absoluteh- the watery kiuL^dom. The sportsman, whose hook the first time impales the fish, is or(nnL will be c"umbff)imded at tiie tremendous leaps and fiery strui^olcs of this lieroic antai/onist. H \i''drous contentio astoiuidnu hile at e\er\- leap into the air, he t uri IS a complete omersault, all the while shakiu'' his hearl with the fierceness of an enraged tiiier. ri lese teri'ii'ic leajjs are so contimioirs, that one seems t o ne fi'ditinLJ the fish in the aii much as m the water. Meiabetchouan Falls and Ouananiche Pool, Nl) Adiroiuliick Murray cdiurihutcs tliis U) tlie literature of -^^ the subjeet: — " in Lake St. John, that wonder of Ljainc-fish, the noted Ouananiclie, is freely taken. In one of the rivers flowing!; into the lake, Uj) a short distanee from the mouth of it, over si.\ himchx'd of tlv.'se maL^iiifieent hsh could be counted in one pool, as I passed through the nei^hborhooil last fall. In look the)' are much like our land-locked salnmn, but hea\ens, how the\' rise to our flics! And how stout and stubborn the\- are 1 ilow they fis,dit it out with the rodsman I Man\- an American rod will i)c smashed, I fancy, nc.\t summer, and man_\' a stout and trustv tackle broken tjy these stubborn fiLjhters, tha.t _\ield not e\cn to the salmon in the fierce enern)- of their Jilax'. l-"or 1 know my coimtrymen l(jo well, not to know that when tiie_\- can ride in a rullman car from Ho.ston and New \'ork to the \ery shore of this Ljreat northern lake, this home of the famous Ouananiclie, the most noted L;ame-lish except the salmon in the woild, in twenty hours, as ihev can now do, a thousand pliant rods, held in practised hands, will be bendini;- to the strain that this kini;' of fish, in the clear waters of Lake .St. John, will put upon them." .\ numlier of \er_v lari^e catches were last year reported l)\' .\merican ani^iers on their retiu'n from the ( )uanam'che waters of Lake St. John, and these included se\eral fish of six poiuuls and ujjward in weight. «5SS»-. - -^ .^. THE LITTLE SAGUENAY Passed by Quebec & Lake St. John Railway, on the way to Hotel Roberval, w ''^ MOXGST the many prominent Americans who enjoyed exceptionally -^'V.^finc sport am. )n_t,f the Ouananiche in 1890, we may mention paticu- larl\-: Robt Ir\ineand wife ofGaKcston, Tex.; RobtG. Moran, j.M. Randall George R. Mosle, C. !•". Moslc, J. H. Doris and son, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Miller, Dean Hoffman, and .Sanuicl \'. Hoffman, \.\'.; D. Hoyt, \V. H. Mathews, J. R. C'liambcrlain, Rochester, ^'.^^; J. H. Osborne, Auburn, \.\'.; Dr. D. ('. Harker, George I'.. N'oorhens, Jr., Morristown, X.J. ;(),('. Robertson and wife, Hinsdale, N.ll.; Charles D. Tomlinson, Sterlint^ I'"ilmer, Hridi^^e- port, Conn.; the Re\'. hrancis J. Russell, \\'aterbur\-. Conn.; M. Haile\-, Dr. 11. llyxcrnol, Washington, D.C.; M. G. Cununini;, .Maryland; 1".. N.\'., D. \\ . .Sanders, the lion. M. T. (Ox. and Harvey Mjers, Kentucky. Se\cral parties last yt\ir ran the whole ol the rapids of the Grand i)ischar<.,a' from i..ike .St. John to the .Sa,L;ucnay River, and returnetl to (Jiiebec b_\- steamer from Chicoulimi. hor ])eople in search of an e>;citini; \acation ti'ip, this is the tour ])ar excellence, so far as Canada is concerned. \'(n\ niilroad it from (juebec to Lake St. John, thmuL^h the wildest mountain, lake, forest, and ri\ei- scencr_\- of which this northern country is ca])al)le; take a steamboat across the lake, and canoe it down the I'apids of the 1 )ischarL;e to Cliicoiitimi, as ali'cad)- described. 1 he steambuat tri]) from Chicoutimi to (juebec is funiliar to most .\merican tourist-. \'ou flescend 'lie dark ;tnd mysterious Sat;uena_\', past Capes I'rinity and h.ternity, to its dismal mouth at the .Mamelons of Tadousac, made famous b)- "Adirondack" Murrax, in his Canadian idyll, "The Doom of Mamelons." McCartlu', S\racuse, I r,' af; h' "0 IB c a >, o z ('^j\^ XI) then there is the picturestiue sail up tlie St. Lawrence to Quebec, -*^ Vw'past Kixcrihi I.nupaiul Murray l^ay, w ith the (i|)p(irtunit\- of sta_\-inL;' a few (la_\'s at llie Saratoi^a of Canada, jjcerlcss I'acouna, the <|ueen of tlie waterini; places of the St. Law rence, with its wln'rl of fasliionable anuise- nients, its salt sea bathint^f, and cool river breezes. Hut the grandest part oi" the trii? is the tort)- mile canoe ride from the Island Mouse to the (irande Dischars^^e, at Chicoutimi. If the canoe could shoot the whole of the intrr\eninL;' rapids, the run iSou'rI occup_\' but a fe\\' lv)urs. I'here are a number of shoots ant! cascatle.-;, however, o\er which nothing that has life can lloat and li\e, and these nuisl, of course, be portat^ed. There is sensation enouL;h, in all conscience, in the rapids that the canoemen slioot. One of these attains the \-elocit_\' of a mill-race. It is two miles Ioul;', \x't it is passed in three or four minutes. \'(iu travel with the \elocit)- of a liL;htnini; express, and are often unable to distinguish objects on the shore, even though \<)U ma\" not have seen a flask for ila_\ s before. l'"r()m fort)' to fift)- Americans made this cxcitiuL;' trij) last \ ear. it costs fnjm $8 to $12 i)er head, accordinj,^ as it is made siuL^l)- or b)' two travcllint;' together. It would cost much less, were it not that two or three da)s are consumed b)- the canoemen in t^cttiiiLj back from Chicoutimi to the (jrande Dischari^rc with their canoes. It will thus be seen that the)' are exceetlini^i)- low in their chari^es. A canoe with two L;uides costs but $2.50 per da)- antl the men's board, no matter whether )'ou emplo)- them while fishint; or in runnint;" the rapids. ''^Tl XOTHKR party, Eugene >rc("ulli)- of Sxraciise, and William lla\c.s .^r\^ i>( I Iii,Higate, — an I'Jiglishinan of nicans and leisure, made a detour last _\ ear of a different kintl from that alread\- deseribed. After fishing' for Ouananiehe in the Grande Dischart^a', the)- ran up a northern tributary- of the San'uenay, eamjjed on the shores of Lake aux l^ro- ehet, antl thence by \\a_\' of \-arious jiortai^'es ,nul water stretches reached the I'eribonca Ri\er, fort\' nnles from its mouth, .nul floated down on its stream to Lake St. John. 'I'hey took an enormous (|uantit\' of trout in the inland streams antl lakes upon which the\- floated, ,ind some L,n"i^antic pike in the Teribonea River, and their little side excursion occupied tliem e.\actl_\' a week. Ouananiehe and speckled trout of ,i tremendous size swarm the i'eribonca. One of the latter, taken throuj^h the ice during;' the past winter, measured ,2.S'4 inches and weighed nine poumls. Murra\' has truly said that the ri\ers which flow into Lake .St. John are worth}' of a volume by themselves, Thex' are of large size, deep, wide and long. The I'eribonca is over 400 miles long antl nearl)' two miles wide at its 'moutli. It is navigable, by the steamboat on the lake, to the first falls, thirty nnles from its mouth. It flows into Lake St. John from a north-easterl)' direction, and near its mouth is j(jined by the Little l'eril)onca, whicii comes in a direct line from the north and is 100 miles in length. Into the north-west angle of the lake flows the magnificent Mistassini, — .so called because it was fondly supposed at one time to be the outlet of m\'stcrious Mistassini Lake, — tliough it is now an admitted fact that the surplus waters of that vast inhuul .sea find their way into James' Bay. ¥;; ' 1 1.\ r c'xciliiiL; ciisLUssions h;i\c arisen (i\cr tlic extent and diniLnsioiis ot Mistassini, so famous in Imlian ni)th and lej^end ! A Canadian surveyor claims to have settled the whole t|ucstion beyond dispute. Hut the Indians that roam the wilds between Lake St. Jolin and Hudson Hay dispute his con- clusion. The Indian side of the discussion has been repeatedly placed before the Canadian anil American jjublic by W. II. II. Murra>-, of HurliiiLjton, \'t., and IC. r. I). Chambers ami John Hit;tiell, of Quebec, not as a conclusive solution of the difficult)-, but as an arL^ument in favor of the sending out of a i^roperU' 'ecjuipiteil and officered Government expedition to finally settle the ])roblem in the interests of geographical science. A private expedition led by Indians, was undertaken last summer b\- Professor Louden and Mr. Macdonald of Toronto Universitw Thex- succeeded in reaching Lake Mistassini, and explored a consi- derable ])ortion of its coast line, experiencing a most exciting trip and returning to the Hotel Robeival with die carca.se of a large black bear, which the)- had killed on the bank of the Mistassini River the previous day. A part)- of sportsmen from New York succeeded in killing four bears, last summer, in the course of the hunting .season, u]) the Ashuapmouchouan River. .\ trip of this kind, or an expedition to Lake Mi.stassini, by a joint canoe route and trail through the woods, that has not been run, for its greater part, b)- half a dozen white men, ma)- be arranged for through the management of the Hotel Roberval, w ith the Montagnais Indians whose reserve is but three miles distant. Specimens cf Ouananiche. I n ■M 1 (7^ I lOSl"'. who have only a week or two, or perhaps only two or three clays to devote J to camp life in these northern woods, ina\' select anj' one of twelve or fifteen routes nia])])i(l out for woodsmen, all of wliiiii were un known to white menacouple of years aL;o, and which must sti lie made under the ex|)erienced Icai! of Indian j^uides. Most of these consi: c in ascending either the Graiul or Little I'eribonca, the Mistassi.ii, the Asluiapmouchouan, the Ticiuabc, the Iroc|uois and some of their tribu- taries, portaijfinLj from water to water, nowhere a difficult task in these latitudes, where lakes and rivers abound, and descending by some other stream into Lake St. John. TIk' inland streams and lakes away to the north, that form such enjoyable links in the chain of the.se tours, lilerall)' swarm with speckled trout, anti their waters have rarel)' been invadeil b\- civilizcil fishermen. 'Trailsmen and cam])in^f ])arties may so map out their route before leavinij the hotel, as to remain in the wooils from four or five daj's to as many weeks, or lon}4er. I'he Mistassini Ri\cr, already referretl to, is two miles broad at its mouth and three hundred miles lon|4. It is navigable b)' steamer to the fool of the first cataract, a magnificent water- fall, whose roar can be heard for a ver\- <,M-cat distance, and which is 21 miles from Lake St. John. Professor Julian C Janes, of Hartford, the first American to ascend the river to this point, made a marvellous catch of Ouananiche, near the foot of the falls, in the summer of i \ "'■ ^■•;'-ff ',:?';' ■' ^W <4:'^ ' ^■> ""■'''^^^■' -; S ■ J m^ ^ifl..'''' • r > * • i m- *• ► -b *' T ■ ■" . (/) J < u z < D I h < 5 (A J J < u. Z < D I H < 5 (^^^HE autumn fishing for Ouananiche is always J good in the I'cribonca and Mistassini rivers, and also in the Metabctchouan, which flows into the lake from the south. Mowing into lake St. John fnnn the west, antl at a ])oint seven or eight miles south of the mouth of the Mistassini, is the Ashuapmouchouan, 250 miles long, aiul over half a niilc wide at its mouth. It is navigated b\- steamers for ten miles from the ake, and is 400 feet wide at ninet>- miles from its mouth. Its name signifies, ' The ri\er uhcre the\- watch the moose," and aptl)- tlescribes its attractions for the sportsman. Wild ducks and geese freipicnt the .\sluiapmouchouan in arge llocks e\er_v spring and autmnn. Near the south-west angle of the lake, the waters of the Ouiatchouan, leap ilovvn t() its level over a lofty precipice, forming one of the most picture cpie bits of scenery in these northern wilds. The I'alls are 236 feet in height, and ri\al in altitude those of Montmorenc)-, while the>- far surpass them in the tlistribution of their waters, as the\- ilescend o\er pn jecting rocks. "Ouiatchouan," in the Cree language, means. "Do \()U see the falls there?" The beautiful Ouiatchouan h'alls ma\- be seen for many miles around, and from almost ever\- part of the lake, and have given to the river its name. Alongside the village of Roberval, there flows past the 1 lotel iiUo the lake, the wildl\- ])la\ful Ouiatchouanichc or Little Ouiatchouan, over a rocky antl rough descent, where its waters are lashed into spray as they sportively leap in cascade, or dash onward in a succession of picturesque rapids. ; I Montaffnais Indians, near Hotel Roberval. J. y^ n- *EMOINE quotes from the correspondence of E. T. D. .Cb^rnbcrs in a Toronto newspaper, the following description of a visit to the headquarters of the Lake St. John Indians: — " On Sunday I visited, with a number of other tourists, the Indian Reserve at I'ointe Hleuc. The Montagnais, who gather here for their summer mission, and for the manufacture of their canoes, hunt in winter the woods that lie between Hersimis, on the Lower St. Lawrence, and Mistassini Lake. They are probably the most interesting tribe in North America, and certainl\- no other Canadian Indians can nearly approach them in darkness of skin. They are sodccidedU' copper-colored, that the Hurons of Lorette, would appear quite pale-faced alongside of them. Here and there I picked out one of somewhat doubtful origin, and in almost all of such ca.ses, was but little sur[)ri.sed to learn, that they had been born in the vicin-'^y of the Hudson Bay Company's posts at Lake Mi.stassini or James' Bay. There are scarcely any old men or women in the tribe. The hardships that they endure are certainly responsible for the absence of longevity. They spend their winter nights in tents or lodges, sleeping upon sci/>tn boughs piled up on the snow, and when game is scarce, they not infrequently feel the pangs of hunger for .several days together, while man\- of their number have been known to die of star- vation. The stpiaw s displaj- great admiration for gay colors, and wrap their shoulders in the brightest of bright cotton handkerchiefs, which arc also u.sed as head dresses for the girls. The costume of a Montagnais matron is incomplete without the tribal tuc|uc, similar in shape to the ordinar}' tucpies of Canadian snowshoers, but u ith the [joint caught down in front to the band, and the whole formed of alternate pointed stripes of red and black, each stripe piped in blue. ^T*^HE distinguishing feature of a Montagnais Belle is the manner of dressing her deep black J hair. This is divided in two by a parting at the back, and at cacli side it is fastened in front of her car in a large roll finished off around the middle, exactly like a hank of yarn. I attended their service on Suiida}' in the little Indian Church, and heard them sing in their own peculiar language in adoration of the Virgin." W. H. H. Murray in speaking of these Indians says: " The}- are the ' Mountaineers' of ancient times and wars, and dwelt among the Laurentian Hills. The}' were a brave stock, and they and the l^^sciuimaux of Labrador were nc\erat peace. The Mounds of Mamelons at the mouth of the Saguenay could tell of wars fought on them for a thousand years, could their sands but speak. The Montagnais at Roberval arc very dark of skin. They are great hunters, skilled trappers, great canoemcn and runners. The\' are a racial curiosit)- and worth}- of study on the part of tlie intelligent tourist, and the sight of them, and their peculiarities will be entertaining to all." The naturalist, even though he may not be a sportsman, finds much to interest him at Lake St. John. The Smithsonian Institute of Washington sent to the Grand Discharge last }-ear, for specimens of the Ouananiche. The botanist meets with a profusion of wild flowers of great variety, and is startled to find a wealth of vegetation that is altogether lacking f-om a degree ,md a half to two degrees further .south. The extreme fertility of the vast amount of arable land that stretches awa}' from Lake St. John on every side, and the magnificent fields of wheat, that meet his vision in the fall of the year, are at first sight quite a puz/le. (fp^'HK mctcf)r()l(\ijist fiiuls in the presence of so vast a surface of insular water, a probable exi)la- J nation of the extraordinarily pieasintif temperature of this hit^hiy favored localit)-; but it is difficult to assi<4n any seemingly adequate cause for the splendid climatic condition of the entire Lake St. John country, or more northerly bend which it tjfives there to the isothermal line, that properl}' belon^^s to a latitude from lOO tojoo miles further south. So much .so is this the case, that the official report of the Dominion IMeterolo^ical Service, from the 15th of September to the 8th of October I.S90, shows the result of observations at the Roberval Meteorological .Station, as indicatinjj; for the whole of that period, a mean tem])erature two det^recs hit^her than that of Montreal and Quebec. The time of ' the sere aiul \ellow leaf," is perhaps the most favorable period of the \-ear for visitiiit^' Lake St. John. A part)- of Ouebecers led bv Mr. R. M. Stockini^, General Railwa\- and Steamship Passenger Ai;ent, at Quebec, spent some da)s in October last at Lake St. John, to enjoy the milder temperature prevailinj^ at that point. On the first of October, the thermometer rcs^istered 66 at Quebec, and 7S at Robeival. On the tii(l!i(r,Vi('c-l're.sideiit.^\'aterhiirv " .Toliii ('. ('lumdierlaiii, See.-Treas liridtrepdrt " W. R. I'>rij.'j.'s, iiieinl)er8 " " A. ClianilH-rlain, " Merideii, ('(uiii. J<,lin \V, Coo, " ■losepli \V. Davis, " New York. Geo. H. I'^sterhrook, " Uoston, .Masw. Waiter liuiiliard, " Meriden, ('(Hin. H. \y. I.ine.s, " Wm. R. Ma.kay, " •' Allan \V. I'ajje, " New York. Jas. I', riatt, " Meriden, Conn. Geo. L. I'orter, M. D., " Bridgeport" THE METABETCHOUAN FISHING & GAME CLUB. (Inrnrpnrnti'd.) Major n. M. Read, Meniix'r.s Brid^'eport, Ct. Hon. M. W. Seymour, " " " A. Swords, " .Stanford " I'rof. W. K. Townsend, " .New Haven " (ieo. II. Wilcox, " Meriden R. M. Stocking', " (jnelx^c Hon. Til. W. DownH, Hon. Member Hrid^report " LOWKR PART OF MKTAHKTCIloUA.X RIVER TItK AMAUKI.ISII KISII AM) OAMK (U.l II. i E. S. Hrewt^r, I're.sident Sprinjjileld, .Mass i 1), N. Coats, Vice-I'n^sident " " I E. M. Coats, Sec. & Treas " lYank l>. Foot, niendiers " " R. W. Dav, " bonis 11. Orr, " " " Walter n. llessen, " E. C. Rarr, " " " Dr. S. W. Howies " Col. .M. V. H. Eiljrerbv, " Dwiiibt O. (iilniore, " " •' •' Heiirv S. Dickinson, " " " Col. H. .M. I'hillips, " K. A. Aldeii, " X. D. Hell, " A. H. Wallace, " •loiin I'ettifrrew, " " " W. H. bockwood, " Hartford County. , Cliarles McKniglit, • " Sprin{;lield,Mas8 UPPKR PORTION OF MKTAI5F,TrnOTTAN UIVKR. (L'SmilfH.) l'IIII,AI)i:i rill A |-|HIIIN(i AND (lAMK CMU. Amna R. Mttlc, I'rcsidciit Pliiliul(!l|)liiii, Pciin, I)iivi(| (i. Yali's, N'ici'-I'n'sidciit " " 1''. II. I>(i\\ MS, Sciicl;u'y iiiid Troiisnrer (Jiiflx'c. (jeiprjf < hil-s |)ii]iu('ll " W. Kdnh'ii and i thcr.s " ■I'liK i.Arui:Niii)i:s ci.riJ, (jiKUiC. Prpsidont; K. 1$. (laiiu-an. Vici'-Pn'sidcnt : liuiiis I". P.iirr(nij.dis. SciTCtiiry : J. (ice. (iari'caii. Treasurer: .Icscjili WiidieM. Directiii's: ( '. A. I'eutl.iiid, ('rawlnnl l.iiidsay, Cliarles .(. P>iirr(pii;ilis, ,1. I. l,ii\('i\, James 11. -Aiidersoii. ■IS iiKMiil CIS and -4 li()iiiirar\ iiit'inheis — its lest lal es are Iju- :Ii h Itlcs, l.nc I'mv. r^i uml Lm- /■'nii. I-OWKR I'AKT OK LAKK F, I) WARD. Illl-: I'AKAIilSK 1-IN AM) KKAI HKl: CI. I I!. .IikI'jc Ileurv A. (Iiiil.leisl 'cn e I'ri'sidi'iil. New York ,l-iili C. D.iv'is Vi.c I'res. .I< sep'i K. Kiimiot, jr .'-e rel.ir>..\ lliai y. Hir eti (l.ir.vc Ticasiirer. .New \iirl< Willi. 111! I'. Dniiran. M. H .Menile..-. .laiiK .s T. Davis .loir Winds E. K. I,«\vi.s, :M. D H. C.Tuvlor Hon. G. Cleveland, ex-Pres. U. S ... r, O W E R PART O F L A K K V) D W A R D. TIIK I-ARADIHK KINK AM) i;:ATii;;n C IIJ. W. W. Randall Cliarles W. Tlionias '' ('. R .leller.SDli II. C. .Miiu-r I,, liicliardsiin '• Hon. 11. ,1. (Irunt, .M.iyor .\. Y. ( ity. Willi, iin M' ser, jr '" All''. I'itoii ' " l.riTl.K .^AdlKVAV ll.-ill AM) OAMI-: C, lli. C. .\. Sott, ('. !•:., Preside t, (iiiel.e ■. K. .\. I'anet, .\. I'., Viee I're.sider.t, SI. Rayin..ni C. S. I'arke, .\l. D„ Se.ict, .ry-'l reasiirer, (iiirl)iT .1 ('. Teneyi'l., attiiri;e,\ at l.i\\, New York. A\'. S. I >o« lies, attoriie.v at l.i\\ ; l!:riiiin;.'li.iiii, < '< W. !,. IJeniieit, attori.ev at la« , .New Haven, (n lte\. .M. 1 rerliette, St. (roi.x, I". (,>. .lolin Sheriiir.' I'.uddeii, (.^'.-.e! u ■, W. \\'. Wei h, (iuehec. A. (i. Deiiier.s, tiuelio ■. i:in. iin. SrAllAa)NA KISU AM) (JAMK C. llJ <)1' ((I i;iJi.f. II. T. Marliin. President, liiud)(^'. I'. I lolloway, Vice President. W. ( '. l-^eatoii, Treasurer. .1. I,. I'ltdl, Superinteiideiil. .1. I",, I,i vcniois, Sccri'tarv. ,1. I,. Wolili, .1. .1. C'odviile, T. S. Hetlu'riii^rtoii, Hiunilton, W. Duhell, T. Bt'ukett and E. Fitili.— Li I to twelve members. .lolin mi ted In a Quebec & Lake St. John Railway train, bound for Hotel Roberval. SOME AMERICANS WHO WERE REGISTERED AT HOTEL ROBERI/AL LAST SUMMER. Mi\ imd Mrs. TIkls. J. (»'I)iiii(i!mh' Xcu MilStcl- ,l'l»(Pii(ihiu^ .1. Wi'ale I'liiiiili Mrs. A. (i. rimiil .• (1. |). ( 'odper (lias. II. Taft and wife .1. I,. l>rc'\\sti'r and wifi' (ico. R. .Mnsl(^ C. T. Moslo... .Iiilm M. I 'avis and .siiii..< C. \i. Miller and wife Kdlit. O. .Miiran \U'\. Hean IlnHiiian Samuel V. Hull ni an I'rank Tannaliill and family (ie(iri:e lies (ieur<:e X. Heinliardt and wife Win. U. UceUuell (ieorfxe ("<«j:ill T. \j. Dana and wife T. M. rnderliill and wife CM. Baker S. II. Sternt W. II. \Vri'.ilit and wife Dr. Casselnian and wife Ira .Me Keel and w ift> Miss Hailov Yiirk. AV. J. I'lnixMi and wife New .Miss liriiwn .\. I,. Webster " .1. T. .Andrews ' Michael ( ardoza W. II. Smith .1. D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. (ieo. 11. 'Iharhei' " Peter Can tin " , ('has. Davis '• (ien. Ilenrv Hnriiett W. II. Ihisl.y " Miss Kurd Miss Dav .1. Dun^.'ras " (ieu. II. Hazen and wife " .Mis.s .Marian Douglas .1. V. Allan J. V. .Mian, Jr " A. (i. Manninjz R. F. Manning " F. ('. (lark and wife Miss (lark Miss S. (lark Mrs. K. ('. (lark " T. ('. Otis and son " Rev. T. (i. Ware and wile " (>. (iilliird Stilwell and wife .lohii Pratt York. GUESTS REGISTERED AT HOTEL ROBERVAL.—Contwued. Wm. Kelson New York.| Mr. iind Mrs. ]>. G. Thoni]ison ,Iiis. P. Diivis Hiirri« 1). Cnlt (i. II. NiclidlLs iuiil wife lloosick I'alls Wiilter A. Wood, .Ir T.N. Stevens Dr. .1. {". Otis iind son Pou^rlikeepsio Eu^iene ]M('('urtliv Syracuse Hon. .Indfie Wallace A. Well) Howe (Wliite Hat I'isli- inj: Chill) Wm. S. Head) (White Hat Fishinf; Chib) .1. A. McFiirreu WiUiiun K. Avers " W. H. Mathe'ws lio.hester David Hoyt .las. It. Cluunberlain " .1. II. Osl.orne " Dr. I'. (' llarber Morristown, N..I. (ieo. !■'. Vddrlices, Jr " A. ('. Hohertso'i and wife Kiiiside, N.H. D. W. Sanders Kentucky. \V. T. Con Harvey Myers " .1. Chandlers ('ovini.'ton " Cajit. .1. Ward and family Saviiiinnh, (ia. ,1. C. Harr Northaniiiton, Mass. Cha:.. Kent " T. 11. Warnor " I J. H. Osborne Anburn, N.Y. W. H. Busbv I.. H. Price..". E. Stibbins Oakl.uid, Cal. Alfred Stibbins San Francisco, Cal. iNlrs. E. L. Stibbins Miss bonda Stibbins " S. T. Dana Cinciui ati, Oino. C. M. Halloway .• .1. C. Hammond Denver, Col. A. I). Wilson Mr. and Mrs. John Tnjrlis " I). E. Darnell Morristow n, N..I. Iiishon of Iowa Davenp. rt, la. Vra. Perry " Miss Perry '' Dishop Walker Farj^o, N. Daki ta. H. S. A. Stewart Pittsimrj;. Wm. Flinn .Mlx/rt Howell and wife Atlanta, Ga. (has. ,1. Bryan ISrooklyn, N.Y. Hiram .lones and wife " ('has. A. Brvan and wife " Mrs. E. il. Brooks W. M.Cole .lohnT. Fyfe E. M. Coats S|irin):lield Fishing Clnb. (ie.uve Nijilitinpile "' HcnrvS. Dickerson " A. B.Wallace " Cluis. Fuller • " 4 GUESTS REGrSTEUEI) AT HOI Kl. ROBhJRVJ L—Conthnwl. T>. M. Coiits S|>rin<:fi«'l(l Fisliinn (luli.l riias. 1'. Hooker " E. T. Hrower Springfield, Mass. F. I). Witmore " Mr. and Mrs. K. \V. Day Wni. A. (lark Louis, Mo. Jnsi'pli S|i('{'lit and wife ¥.. I'. Sju'cht E. H. Speclit Bliss Adelaide Spoclit " C. T. Batelielder Boston, Ma.'^s. Miss Heek IMiss Eleanor Heck " John ('. Ten Evck and wife " P. 8. Atherton.' Clias. M. Sears Harrv S. Potter, ,Jr A. C. Potter Dr. Henry C.Towle John .1. McCorinack " J(din W. McCorniack " James R. Mnriihy " Rev. (". W. Rathke, C.S.S.K T. r. Stowell G. H. Stowell G. II. l,(!onard " Geo. Win. Esterhrooke " W. Elivt iM'tte, wife and danghter " (". .J. Mnnjran Washinjrton, D.C M. Bailev Dr. H. Ilvvernot Mrs. E. J. Sonier.s Wasliin^'toii, D.C. (i. II. Dana " .1. P. Ilorhach and wife " .lolin II. Patterson and wife Davton, Ohio. Elvin Eller Mislia\vaka, Ind. Mrs. Ilasford CliicaKo, 111. Miss Ilasford " ;\lorriH R. Edv I'latt and wife " Miss Hessie Piatt A. W, I'latt H. E. riatt ('apt. Hoht. Irvine and wife ( ialvcston, Texas. J. M. Randall East Oraniie, N..I. A. P. (iiirdon Cnniminsrs Maryland. Mns. I>r. Loriii^' Cdlii nil ins, Ohio. Mrs. W. P. Henderson Mrs. Frank llnhbard " N. A. Lannian " R.E. Sheldon T HOTEL ROUEHVAL.—Continwd. .lames Kill)ourne Colnmlins, Ohio. F. W. Prentice ^^'. p. lienV- Co. TC)ROXTO I! A II LOW Ci MBBiii.ANii, 72 Y'liiige Street. WrXDSOR Wai.tku C. I.kauy. MOXTRKAL S. I..SHKTT,Trav'Kl'ass'Kr Ak'I tj. .1- L. St..I. Rv.. Tenii.le liiiil.rg. ■.H.' .Mr.XlLiiTHih:. Freight ami Passenger Agent. \ *'n7'.!.','',,'','j'si'!.e"t8' I J OR further information in reference to HOTEL ROBERVAL or ISLAND HOUSE or for copies of this book or railway folders apply to T. KENNA, ALEX. HARDY, Hotel Roberval, Roberval, P. Q. Gen'l Freight &, Pass. Agent, Quebec & Lake St. John Railway, Quebec. -OR— S. L. SWETT. Temple Building, Montreal. For the information of fishenncn we append hereto the date of the close seasons for f hing as fixed by law in the Province of Quebec. Cl.osi-; Si'.ASONS KOK Imsiiinc. — Sahnon fangh'ng), from 13th August to 1st l-Y-bruary ; Ouananiche, from 15th Sept. to 1st Dec. S])eckled trout (si(i//s\ U-(im 1st Oct. to 1st Jan. Large grey trout, hmge. &c., from 1 5tli Oct. to 1st. Dec. Pickerel, from 15th .April to 15th Ma\-. Bass and Maskinonge, from 15th April to 15th June. VVhitcfish, from loth Nov. to 1st Dec. l(j^^-» I"^^-« -^l>ONLY RAIL ROUTEJ)^- To the Delightful Summer Resorts North of Quebec through the Laurentides Mountains. The Canadian Adirondaciis to Lake St. John. Tlirout^li li^vprt'NNTraiiiKotifh way iliiily with .^lO^VAKOH PARI^OK and NI.B<:i<]riX4J i'AKH diiriiiu Tourist K«'aNoii. Inspected Steel Rails. Steel and Iron Bridges. Elegant Equipment of Rolling Stoch. ]"ur infurniiitiiin, folders, itc, iii)i)ly to Walter JJuyiiioiid, liiKi Wa.sliin^toii St., Boston, Thos. Cooke & Son, 2()1 Jiroadway, New York, (J. Leve, 45 J^roadway, New York, andTnket Ai;eiitsof all jjrincipal pities, and H. >[. Stockiii^r, City Ticket Ajrent, ojjixisite St. Louis Hotel, Queliee. ALEX. HAEDY, Gen. Fr'ght&, Pass. Agent. J. G. SCOTT, Sec'y & Manager, Quebec. I n a I 'ft ^» o rl 4) k O E ♦» c o S o" V o 3 c 1 c o S bl c « (A a ©Ke _3^^^ii^s 0^ ^te.^aae de Ceaupre aad the ^[alls of HoatraGreaci], ON THE QUEBEC, MONTMOHENCY & CHARLEVOIX RAILWAY. '^.X rctiirnint'' to Quebec, aiul while viewiii"' this "i;uul old cit\-, the tourist should arnuiLrc his time (if limited) in order that he nia\' take a trip to tlie celebrated Shrine of Ste. Anne de I^eaupre. The miracles that have been performed at this famous Shrine, have been read of in about every newspaper on the American continent. Thousands of maimed and helpless people t^^o in large ])arties (called jMlf^rimafjcs) headed by priests, to this spot every summer, in order that the\- ma\' be relieved of their sickness and .sufferiiiL;'. Men and women who have been cripples for \-ears have gone there, and after remaining a few da\'s, have returned as hale and heart)- as an)' of us. As will be seen by the accompanying sketch, hundreds who have been miraculousl)- cured have left ^licir crutches and sticks at the altar, where, a few short hours before they could not have stood without them, and have walked awa)' in the full pos.se.ssion of strong and healthy limbs. The Quebec, Montmorency and ("harlevoix Railwa)- runs five trains daily to this wonderful place, all the trains passing at the foot of the celebrated l^'alls of Montmorency, from which point the)- can be viewed to the best advantage in all their grandeur and beauty. Passing Chateau Richer the passengers come in full \ iew of one of the grandest and most imposing panoramic .scenes of the mighty old St. Lawrence River, with Mount St. Ann and Cap Tourmente as a background. Full information, tickets, etc., can be obtained at R. M. Stocking's General Ticket Agency, opposite the St. Louis Motel, Quebec. I 9 \7]H FRANK ROSS, President E. BEAUDET and SIMON PETERS, Vicf-PresiJents. J. G. SCOTT. SWrrtanj and Manngrr ALEX. HARDY, General Freight .ind Passenger Agent. COIVIiVIERClAL CHAMBERS, St. Peter Street, Quebec. S. L. SWETT. Tr,iit>llinn Pa.t.icn'V'r Adpnt T'^mplr BwUinq Vnntr^ai 'M ^^. MlVtP F» »»»f»t H».iS i CO '•■ l»»li «' ». iSTJF.- —THE— OIJEOEC&LAKESTJOIIN RAILWAY ANU BRANCH LINES.