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Rh the Jordan on the southern shore, and the rocky Medway and the Lahave on the eastern shore; the Musquodoboit north of Halifax, Waugh's River in Pictou County, and the River Denys in Cape Breton. The queen of Scotian salmon streams is the Margaree, whose lovely level vale is reached by wagon-road from Inverness or Baddeck, or from Orangedale on the Intercolonial route to Sydney; or by the little steamer which calls at Margaree Harbour on its way up the coast from Mulgrave to Cheticamp. The finest fish are caught at "the Forks" and on the Northeast Branch. Here a guide and a boat can be hired for $2 a day. Or, if you are just a summer boarder, the farmer's boy will do your fishing for you, bringing in 10-or 20-pounders for the noon repast.

Deep-sea fishing for haddock, halibut, cod, herring, mackerel, hake, pollock, flounder, smelt and sword-fish is obtainable from almost any point along the extensive and varied coast line.

Yachting, Boating, Bathing, Ball Games and other Sports. The premier yatching clubs of the Provinces are the Royal Kennebecasis at Millidgeville, near St. John, the Royal Nova Scotia of Halifax, and the Royal Cape Breton of Sydney. St. Andrews, St. George, Fredericton, Digby, Yarmouth, Chester and Charlottetown each have a summer clientele of yachtsmen, as well as innumerable other smaller