Edmund W. Davis was one of the founding members of the Cascapedia Club and the author of Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia. In 1908 Davis was killed by a gunshot wound at his camp while hunting in the area and considerable mystery has surrounded the circumstance of his death for the past one hundred years.
A gun shot was fired on the morning of June 19, 1908. The sound must have disturbed the tranquil stillness of a morning on the Cascapedia River. Within moments, the lifeless body of Edmund W. Davis lay slumped in a large oak rocking chair on the front porch of Red Camp. This tragedy ended the life of one of the infamous salmon anglers of the world famous Grand Cascapedia River.
LINK (Via: Gaspesian Heritage Web Magazine)
“Such a beautiful country is not an accident. God must have created this wonderful wilderness, where all is happiness, all is peace.”
- Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia by Edmund W. Davis (1904)