[KegRiver]

I wonder how many know that at one time one had to have a tag for Beaver.

There were strict quotas and very restrictive rules as to where a trapper could make sets. For example, sets could not be made close to the lodge.

It was also common practice to trap Fox late in the summer and keep them in pens until the pelts were prime.
Most often sets were made along water courses, preferably in sand. For that reason the practice was often referred to as sand trapping.

There were old Fox pens in the bush behind our house, left by the gentleman who built the house. The first I remember of those pens, they were mostly complete but by 1965 there was little left of them.

The fellow who built the house and the pens was a native trapper by the name of John Cardinal. The house was a two story log house with a sod roof. John was a master log builder and is credited with building most of the log buildings in the community. Some of his buildings are still standing.