The most esteemed fish is the Coregonus albus, the attihhawmeg of the Crees and the white-fish of the Americans.

Its usual weight is between three and four pounds, but it has been known to reach sixteen or eighteen pounds.

Three fish of the ordinary size is the daily allowance to each man at the fort and is considered as equivalent to two geese or eight pounds of solid moose-meat.

The fishery for the attihhawmeg lasts the whole year but is most productive in the spawning season from the middle of September to the middle of October.

The ottonneebees (Coregonus artedi) closely resembles the last.