Name: Fox Lake remains toxic to fish while trout planting awaits test results, 1961
Start: 1961-08
End: 1961-08
Location: Fox Lake

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

Also August 1961 Fox Lake toxicity test

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Locator map: Fox Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Date1961-08

WithinFox Lake · Beaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1961-08
Kind: Conservation
Where: Fox Lake
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingconservationenvironment
Within: Fox Lake · Beaver Island

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

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.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Fox Lake remains toxic to fish while trout planting awaits test results, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fox-lake-toxicity-followup-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, sporting news. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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