- Date
- 1956-05
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- economyshippingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1956 Beaver Beacon reports an unusually heavy spring smelt run. It quotes fishermen saying several bushels could be obtained quickly and names the Jordan River, Cables Creek, and Iron Ore Bay in its location notice.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary community observation, not a fishery survey. No catch ledger, sampling data, effort series, population estimate, or complete ecological chronology is inferred.
Sources
- Reports fishermen describing the smelt run as unusually heavy and says several bushels could be obtained quickly, with Jordan River, Cables Creek, and Iron Ore Bay named in the notice. It does not provide catch records, biological sampling, effort data, or a complete fishery chronology. 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 · 1956-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published smelt-run report; it does not expand the fishery or ecological record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports a heavy spring smelt run, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-heavy-smelt-run-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1956, “Smelt Run.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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