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Division of Fish and Wildlife
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The Division of Fish and Wildlife was created in 1946 when the former Game and Fisheries Department was absorbed into the Department of Lands and Forests. The former department became a division, and the branches within the department became sections of the new division.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife was organized into four sections: Enforcement, Commercial Fisheries, Game Fish, and Wildlife. In addition, a group of staff provided specialized support, and operated the Fire- arms Safety Program, Hunter Training, the Wildlife Management Course, and administered Tourist Outfitters Licenses (transferred to Dept. of Travel and Publicity in 1958). The division was responsible for a research laboratory in Lake Opeongo laboratory when it was created, and established additional research stations at Maple, at South Bay, Manitoulin Island, at Wheatley on Lake Erie and at Glenora on Lake Ontario.
The division ceased to exist in 1959 and was replaced with the Fish and Wildlife Branch.
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The Division of Fish and Wildlife was responsible for the management of the fisheries and wildlife resources of Ontario on a sustained yield basis. Specifically, the division was responsible for enforcing and preparing amendments to fish and game laws and regulations; administering commercial fishing licenses, managing the commercial fisheries by determining catch quotas, handling commercial fishing statistics and undertaking public relations work; developing and managing fish hatcheries; administering Crown game preserves, registered traplines, game farms, licensing fur farmers, tanners and exporters, controlling wolf and bear populations, and handling hunting and trapping statistics.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Annual Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1958, 1959
Bocking, Stephen, "Great Lakes Fisheries" in Environmental History vol. 2 no.1 Jan. 1997, 52-73.
Maintenance notes
Canadiana Authorities has a heading "Ontario. Division of Fish and Wildlife" (which refers to a latter division of the same name). However, we have two divisions of the same name and therefore the ministry name has been added to the heading.
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Nancy Martin, Susan McClure