"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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Ken, the following is from fishing board and answers a question I
asked about guides in Labrador.

" The law states that in Labrador, north of the 52nd parallel, a
person must have a guide to fish more than 1/2 mile from a numbered
highway. Although, I believe, as Whitehorsebasin mentioned, there is
somewhat of an unwritten, don't-ask-don't-tell policy in place that
allows canoeists and campers to get away with some incidental fishing
while in the bush in both Labrador and Quebec - a quick look at "canoe
trips in Quebec", for instance, will be full of accounts of fishing
during canoe trips through Indian land, without a guide, and no one
seems to be too worried about it."

Labrador has no "Indian land" (no tribal reserve
territories) so the example from Quebec may not apply.
Conditions vary between provinces. E.g. New Brunswick
has many miles of Crown-owned (public) fishing and
requires that non-residents employ a guide when on
Crown waters. Other provinces do not.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)