Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-25

Lady Evelyn Lake. that the first life
fenns begia to- appear-epHdfiedI
~crustace3 and minute marine crea-
tpres that swarmed the prehistoric
seas Of Canada before the advent of
the first fish and long ~uneounted ages
before the earliest winged reptiles,
the ancestors OF the hoofed and feath-
cred game that now abounds in its
woods.
All this IS written in books Of geol-
ogy and can be read-with the help
of maps and a Greek lexicon. But It
is written more indelibly in the coun-
try Itself, in the rocks n lakes and
streams Of this last wilderness.
Never was there such a land Of
lakes and streams. The map Of the
reservation looks as il il had been
splashed with a bucket Of quicksilver.
Lake Temagami has an area of a hun
bred square miles. Its twisting. with
ing shore line is long enough, If pulled
out straight. to reach from New York
HarbOr to Los Angeles. Yet this Is
only one of a thousand lakes. Lady
Evelyn Lake. BAY Lake. Rabbit Lake
and Nina Aipissing are replicas in
miniature-and between all and bind
ing them into comfortable fellowship
is a network Of silver streams. empty
ing into comfortable fellow ship is a
network OF silver streams, emptying
into one another, and finally into the
Montreal and Ottawa rivers 20 make
their way thence to the st. Lawrence
and tie sea.
So close are the streams that the
sho:test route between two points is
always by canoe. So numerous are
the lakes hat many still wait 10 be
named by the tourist who first dis
covers them.
The name Temagami is an Indian
word and means deep water The
lake was 50 called by n OiibWays
less because Of its actual depth than
because of its crystal clearness, which
renders objects visible frequently TO
the depth Of thirty or forty feet.
Many are the indian tales and le-
gions that have to do with MS noble
body of water, the home of trout and
bass and the haunt of duck and loon.
The whole land is full Of history.
too-not geological, but human. ON
a rocky island, one of fourteen hun
dred that dot the surface of Lake
Temagami, may be seen the remains
Of an old trading post of the Hud-
sons Bay company. A hundred years
ago his post was the key to the fur
trade of the northwest. Eastward lay
civilization. To the west and north
stretched the realm of the mini and
sable. league upon league of unbrok-
on forest and plain 10 the banks of
the Mackenzie and the shores of the
Frozen Sea. But before that the coun-
try was the hunting ground of the
OjibWay Indians and the scene of
bloody battles between them and the
Troquois for control Of the Mahan0o
Sebee, or trad route Of the Ottawa
rlaer.
At the outlet OF Lady Evelyn Lake.
where the Montreal river gathers It.
self together for the wild rush over
the M~atawabika Falls, a band Of Iro-
quOis braves dug trenches n day and
lay in wait for the OiibWays. When
a luckless party of these AlgOuquins
came down the stream To "a point OPP
posite the trench they We're greeted
by a deadly flight of arrows. OF the
entire band but two escaped and made
their way back to their tribe on The
shores Of Lake Superior, there 10
rouse their fellows to the campaign
that swept the lr6qHois out of Onta-
no and across the lake. That was two
hundred and fifty years ago, but the
trenches are still there 4 hunting
party stumbled on them last fan and
shot a deer on the spot hat had once
run with Ojibway blood.
The game laws Of the reservation
Z ENAAAAH hNA Nv oNi AN''N AffhH N''fE
Of Minnesota or Maine. Under the
protection they afford the moose and
caribou have increased in numbers
and the lakes now TEEN with trout
pike n bass.
The moose are driven to the water
by flies In June, but the flies disap-
pear In July. and then the big ami
mails keep more To- cover, but they can
be heard at night splashing and
coughing ms they take their drink at
the lakeside. The open season for
moose L. from October 16 to NOVem-
Der Is. inclusive. The caribou are
more timid and harder to get. They
are thickest in the billy country near
smooth Water Lake. The red deer
are found everywhere. south to Lake
Nipissing. Pear are occasionally
met with. and the reserve Is a breed
ing ground for otter and beaver. but
the latter are protected until 1910.
Among the game birds that abound
In the woods n along h streams
are ruffled grouse, pine grouse. part
ridge. wild geese. wood duck. mallard'
blue bills, m-ergansers and other water
fowl
The small mouthed bass are very
pamey and some Of the lake trout
have been known to run as high as
forty to fifty pounds. In fact, the
land Is d Veritablc sp0rtsman's para
disc. maintained by the government
for The benefit Of the few who know
Of II. The number Of these is grow
ing. and eventually the place Will be
come crowded each season, but as 10 is
vet II IS as wild as the hunters heart
could desire.
To the south and west the case is
different. The gradual extinction OF
the game I'm some parts of the Rocky
mountains ana the reckless fishing OF
the trout streams has led some Of the