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Title: Concise school atlas of the Dominion of Canada : historical and physical features of provinces, districts, and territories of the Dominion
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Canada. Dept. of the Interior
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Publisher: Ottawa : (Ministry of the Interior)
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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shores of the magnificent St. Lawrence. Owing to the skill of the sportsmen who visit these parts every year from the United States, England, etc., thousands of them become victims to the^ hook and rod. The salmon rivers, being very carefully guarded against the attempts of poachers, are yearly growing more popular and more valuable. Trout of all kinds, blackbass, ouananiche, whitefish abound in every one of the rivers and in the lakes, which the Province of Quebec can offer to the disciples of Isaak Walton. These streams and inland waters are far-famed, and many are those who are trying to secure the exclusive right of fishing in them. Many are under lease, but thousands of them are yet disposable, and the number of fishing clubs organizing and being incorporated in the Province is fast increasing. The scenery along and around these rivers and lakes is all that is grand and lovely, and the climate during the angling months from May to September, is as beautiful and as healthy as can be desired.
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16 QUEBEC. Hunting.—The Province of Quebec is justly known as the hunters paradise. Its woods are prolific of game—so much so. in fact, that after centuries of relentless hunting in them by whitemen and redskins, moose, caribou, elk still abound, while the timid red deer has in some counties become a public nuisance. Hunting territories can be leased in every part of the Province, and the Fish and Game Department possesses ample information regarding such territories, and is always readj- to impart it to those desirous of acquiring a tract for hunting and fishing purposes. Minerals.—In the eastern townships, the following minerals are found ; Alluvial gold, in Beauce; low grade copper ore is abundantly distributed, but especially exploited in the vicinity of Sherbrooke; high grade copper ore at HarveyHill: asbestos at Thetford, Black Lake, and Danville: chromic iron,in Colraine. andiron ores are also met with in many places. In the Ottawa District, phosphate (apatite) is verj-abundan

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