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Fox Lake trout season opens with reported catches, 1966

Also 1966 Beaver Island trout-season opening

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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.
TypeEvent
Datecirca 1966-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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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
circa 1966-04
Kind
Conservation
Where
Fox Lake
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
fishingconservationrecreation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1966 Beaver Beacon reported the opening of trout season at Fox Lake on the last Saturday of April. It said many visitors came to the island, with some making limit catches and others catching one or two fish.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper fishing report, not a creel census, license record, stocking record, or independently verified catch total.

Sources

  1. Reports many visitors fishing Fox Lake on the last Saturday of April, with some limit catches and others catching one or two trout. It does not provide a creel census, license data, stocking record, or independent catch verification.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-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 · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Fox Lake trout season opens with reported catches, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fox-lake-trout-season-opening-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Trout Season Opens.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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