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The Beaver Beacon reprints a 1907 St. James spawn-harvest report

Also Beaver Island government spawn gathering campaign 1907

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TypeEvent
Dates1907-11 – 1907-11-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasLumbering era
On this page
Event
Dates
1907-11 – 1907-11-27
Kind
Publication
Eras
Lumbering era
Concepts
fishingfishpublicationhistoryshipping
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2007 Beaver Beacon reprinted a report on the 1907 government spawn-gathering campaign at St. James. Eight tugs reportedly gathered 88 tons of trout and 25,626,000 trout eggs for shipment to hatcheries.

Evidence limits

The figures are preserved as a historical newspaper quotation and have not been independently reconciled with hatchery or fisheries records.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2007, "The Spawn Harvest."
    Reprints a report that eight tugs gathered 88 tons of trout and 25,626,000 trout eggs during the 1907 campaign. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints a 1907 St. James spawn-harvest report”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spawn-harvest-1907/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2007, "The Spawn Harvest." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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