- Date
- 1908
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Where
- Beaver Island archipelago
- Carried out by
- United States Bureau of Fisheries
- Eras
- Irish era
- Concepts
- fishingmaritimeheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
In 1908, the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries listed Beaver Island as a Great Lakes lake-trout egg-collecting station. It did not list the island as a hatchery.
Evidence and limits
This source establishes the station classification and species only. The exact site remains unresolved within the archipelago; no present source gives its operating season, personnel, egg total, equipment, building, or subsequent history.
See also
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Sources
- Described in this archive: U.S. Bureau of Fisheries operations overview, 1908.Lists Beaver Island as a Great Lakes egg-collecting station handling lake trout. The source’s station table does not identify the exact location in the archipelago, dates within 1908, crew, egg count, hatchery facilities, or whether operation continued in later years.federal · us_fish_commission · us-bureau-of-fisheries-establishment-1908
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “U.S. Bureau of Fisheries lake-trout egg-collecting station at Beaver Island, 1908”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/us-bureau-of-fisheries-beaver-island-lake-trout-egg-station-1908/, accessed [date], citing U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, *The United States Bureau of Fisheries: Its Establishment, Functions, Organization, Resources, Operations, and Achievements* (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908), p. 19..
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