Name: Michigan fisheries staff treat Fox Lake before a planned rainbow-trout planting, 1967
Start: 1967-09
End: 1967-09
Location: Fox Lake

Locator map: Fox Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Fox LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1967-09
Kind: Conservation
Where: Fox Lake
Carried out by: Michigan Conservation Department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironmentfishing
Within: Fox Lake

Summary

The August 1967 Beaver Beacon reported a Game Club decision to poison Fox Lake after Labor Day because planted brook trout had gill lice and bluegills were overabundant, with rainbow trout planned for spring. The September issue then reported that the Fisheries Division treated the lake and that hundreds of small bluegills and only two trout surfaced afterward.

Evidence and limits

The report documents the preparation and an observation after treatment. It does not establish the chemical method, formal authorization, later stocking, or fishery outcome.

Open questions

What official fisheries record documents the treatment and planting?
Was the planned rainbow-trout stocking completed and successful?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1967, “Game News.”
Reports the Game Club's discussion with Fisheries Division members, the decision to poison Fox Lake after Labor Day because planted brook trout had gill lice and bluegills were overabundant, and the plan to stock rainbow trout in spring; it is a planning notice and does not establish treatment or stocking.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published conservation plan.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1967, “Game News.”
Reports that the Fisheries Division poisoned Fox Lake early in September in preparation for a spring rainbow-trout planting, and that hundreds of small bluegills and only two trout surfaced after treatment. It does not provide the treatment method, permit, stocking record, or later survival result.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1967, “Game News.”
Reports the Conservation Department’s plan to poison Fox Lake in the fall because of gill lice and then plant rainbow trout; it is an advance management notice, not proof of treatment or stocking.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published fisheries plan; it does not expand the source-specific treatment or stocking claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan fisheries staff treat Fox Lake before a planned rainbow-trout planting, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fox-lake-poisoning-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1967, “Game News.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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