before online library catalogs existed, I could be found in spare hours in the main catalog at McGill researching "salmon topics" ... surprisingly, the earliest canadian writings lay within forestry journals ... suppliers of fishing tackle and salmon flies to the Dominion of Canada, were few in number ... Malloch's of Perth Scotland and Farlow's of London, both predated Hardy's of Pall Mall ...
the early modes of travel to the salmon rivers of Quebec were : steamship and locomotive. the Molson family of Montreal ran a steam vessel for many years until she grounded... the Harrison house in Cascapedia, QC has a another model steamship over the fireplace : she voyaged from the Baie de Chaleurs to Montreal, Quebec City and Boston ...
to reach the middle and upper salmon camps ... the canoe and guide, transported the "sports" and gear for the sojourney ... on the York river in Gaspe, one the earliest fisherman's huts was made of spruce and birch bark ...
quite a contrast today ...
next : the origins of the salmon dry fly ....
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