Grand Lake Nipigon Hatchery, Daily Racing Form, 1918-12-19

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GRAND LAKE NIPIGON HATCHERY A new fish hatchery with a canacity equal to any three American hatcheries has been opened at Port Arthur Ontario under the direction of the Ontario government According to George H Rapsey su ¬ perintendent of game and fisheries for the province tho new hatchery will be cunable of controlling 90 000000 fish eggs all told comprising 75000000 whitefish eggs and 15000000 salmon and brook trout eggs eggsThis This makes the second large hatchery at Port Arthur the Dominion hatchery looking after the restocking of Lake Superior and the provincial one caring for the restocking of the inland waters of which Lake Nipigon and the Lake of the Woods are the most important bodies in the western part of the province and the 1500 lakes and rivers of Al ¬ gonquin Provincial Park the most important in the eastern section sectionLake Lake NIpigon has taken rank with Algonquin Park as one of the greatest fishing centers in Can ¬ ada since it has been made more easily accessible to sportsmen from both Canada and the United States by the National Transcontinental Algonquin Park has long been famous among sportsmen for the superb trout and for small mouth black bass fish ¬ ing in particular


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