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Beaver Island late-winter game and fishing news, 1975

Also March 1975 Game News · Beaver Island rabbit, perch, and beaver report

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Locator map: Font Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Font LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Datescirca 1975-02 – 1975-02-25
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Font Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Font LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
circa 1975-02 – 1975-02-25
Kind
Conservation
Where
Font Lake · Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationrecreationcommunityfoodwaysenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1975 game column says rabbit hunting was ending one of the best seasons reported by the paper. Perry Gatliff, Ed Ladd, and Father Herbert were reported catching perch in Font Lake, some over a pound. The two-week beaver season closed February 25; Bill and Dennis Wagner reportedly trapped five, including one weighing 56 pounds. The column also discusses low pelt prices and the possibility that abundant beaver activity was flooding roads and drowning woodlands.

Evidence and limits

This is a community game report with source-attributed ecological commentary. It is not a creel record, trapper log, population estimate, or independent assessment of the flooded areas.

Sources

  1. Reports a strong rabbit-hunting season, perch fishing in Font Lake by Perry Gatliff, Ed Ladd, and Father Herbert, and the two-week beaver season’s close on February 25. Bill and Dennis Wagner are reported to have trapped five beaver, including one weighing 56 pounds. The ecological and price observations are newspaper commentary, not a wildlife census, creel survey, or market ledger. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1975-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the game and fishing column.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island late-winter game and fishing news, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-news-march-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1975, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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