original forest. About 700,000 acres contain mature tim- ber consisting of approximately 40 per cent. lodgepole pine, 38 per cent. Engelmann spruce, 17 per cent. silver fir (balsam), 5 per cent. Douglas fir. In reforested areas poplar aggregates 40 per cent. The timber stand is computed at 5,660,000,000 board-feet ranging in density trom 5,000 to 15,000 board-feet per acre. The area lying between the west shore of Babine Lake and the Canadian National Railway is partly contained within the boundaries of the Babine Provincial Forest. FISH, FUR, AND GAME. In earlier years Stuart Lake was noted for sturgeon, and in recent years was fished and specimens up to 700 Ib. taken. Whitefish, trout, char, and ling occur in all lakes. Salmon, not occurring in Stuart Lake system, occurs in Babine and Morrison Lakes. Fisheries are utilized to some extent to supply food for Indians. Other than the sturgeon fisheries to a limited extent there has been no commercial development. Indians and some of the few pioneer settlers trap and hunt, notably for beaver and muskrat, and in some areas fox, mink, marten, and fisher are also trapped successfully. Big game includes moose, deer, occasional caribou in small mumbers in certain localities, black and grizzly bear. Game birds include grouse and fool-hen in plenty, ptarmigan and blue grouse in mountains, and a few prairie-chicken. SCENIC AND HISTORIC INTEREST. Scenery throughout the district is remarkably beautiful and excellent fishing and good hunting is found. The Northern Interior Plateau, even in more featureless parts, has peculiar beauty, especially in fall, when great stretches of yellow poplar and orange cottonwood contrast vividly with dark green of spruce and pine. Where the plateau merges with more rugged country northward it combines with lake, island, and mountain to form another type of scenery. Although mountains bordering Middle River and Takla Lake are not comparable in height with the moun- tain regions, they afford many climbs and a remarkable background for the rest of the scene, especially the white mass of Mount Blanshet, which, viewed from Middle River, appears as though floating on Takla Lake, arms of which run on either side. The few hills near Stuart and Trembleur Lakes are comparatively low, rising about 2,000 feet above the water, but the view from them gains greatly in character from the number and size of lakes seen. From Mount Pope, near Fort St. James, no less than forty are seen on clear days. Sunsets viewed from Fort St. James are grand, and a succession of wonderful Panoramas are seen during the trip up the great waterway, which, studded with islands and everywhere abounding 5