Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland. Sir John Godfrey Rogers
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Sir John Godfrey Rogers
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066154684
Table of Contents
VANCOUVER TO THE CAMPBELL RIVER
CHAPTER II VANCOUVER TO THE CAMPBELL RIVER
THE FISH AT THE CAMPBELL RIVER
CHAPTER III THE FISH AT THE CAMPBELL RIVER
CHAPTER IV SPORT AT CAMPBELL RIVER
CHAPTER VIII IN THE WAPITI COUNTRY
CHAPTER X AFTER GOAT ON THE MAINLAND
CHAPTER III TO THE HUNTING GROUNDS
HUNGRY GROVE POND TO SANDY POND
CHAPTER IV HUNGRY GROVE POND TO SANDY POND
CHAPTER VII TO THE SHOE HILL COUNTRY
NEWFOUNDLAND LIST OF STORES TAKEN APPENDIX I
PREFACE
The following pages are simply a transcription of my rough diary of two autumn holidays in Vancouver Island and Newfoundland in search of sport—should they prove of any use to those who may follow in my steps, I shall feel amply rewarded.
J. G. R.
TO VANCOUVER ISLAND
VANCOUVER
SKETCH-MAP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
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CHAPTER I
TO VANCOUVER ISLAND
From the day I read in the Field Sir Richard Musgrave's article, "A seventy-pound salmon with rod and line," and located the river as the Campbell River, I determined that should the opportunity arise, I, too, would try my luck in those waters.
Subsequent articles in the Field, which appeared from time to time, only increased my desire, and the summer of 1908 found me in a position to start on the trip to which I had so long looked forward.
Living in Egypt, the land of eternal glare and sunshine, I counted