- Date
- 1988-08-06
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Wildlife Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifefishfishingconservationrecreationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Wildlife Club held its first annual Salmon Derby on August 6, 1988, with about 25 participants. Proceeds were divided between the club and prizes; Gary Huard won the largest-fish prize with a 20.68-pound salmon.
Evidence limits
The newspaper gives the reported weights, prizes, and approximate participant count but not a full registration list or catch log.
Sources
- Reports approximately 25 participants; Gary Huard's 20.68-pound salmon won the largest-fish prize, Mike Crawford's boat won the greatest-poundage prize, and Ron Wogan received the booby prize for a 3.5-pound fish. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the derby report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club holds its first annual Salmon Derby, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-salmon-derby-1988/, accessed [date], citing First Annual Salmon Derby, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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