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Fox Lake remains toxic to fish while trout planting awaits test results (1961)

Also August 1961 Fox Lake toxicity test

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinFox Lake · Beaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

An August 1961 test reportedly still found Fox Lake toxic to fish. The planned trout planting remained conditional on the poison disappearing and on a Conservation Department report.

Evidence and limits

The source does not identify the toxicant, test method, department report, or a later declaration that the lake was safe.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 1961, sporting news.
    Reports that a Fox Lake test still found the water toxic to fish and says trout would be planted once the poison disappeared, pending a department report. This confirms continued toxicity and a conditional plan, not a completed planting or safety determination.