The aurora trout, Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis, is a variant or subspecies of the brook trout native to two lakes in the Temagami District of Ontario, Canada. The existence of the fish was brought to the attention of the angling world by four American anglers who were taken by Archie King of Latchford, Ontario, into Ontario‘s Lady Evelyn River system in 1923. Recognizing the fish as different or unique, the anglers took a specimen back to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, in the United States, where Dr. Arthur W. Henn was asked to identify the fish. He wrote about the fish in 1925 wherein he and Rinckenbach identified it as a distinct species, Salvelinus timagamiensis, but since a seminal re-examination of the material by Sale in 1967, taxonomists now agree the fish is, in a fact, at most a subspecies of the brook trout, named Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis. Genetic data has not yet supported its taxonomic distinction.[1]
I have known of them since I was a kid but it is very rare to see a picture or, at least, it used to be.
Wow. Truly, that’s a Mega Brookie.
Greetings Stephen,
It was great to share the lake with you on 1 August. My wife and I were in the Blue Lincoln canoe. I caught my fish on a Fly Rod with a Brown Matuka tied by Larry Sorochan of Timmins. Yes, it was a special day!
Nice Fish!
E.Clark
Carroll, N.H.USA
It is unlikely Steve was there.