Name: Islanders net smelt at the Jordan River, 1961
Start: 1961-04-28
End: 1961-04-28
Location: Jordan River

Islanders net smelt at the Jordan River, 1961

Also April 28 · 1961 Beaver Island smelt run

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Jordan River highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Jordan RiverLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Date1961-04-28

WithinJordan River

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1961-04-28
Kind: Conservation
Where: Jordan River
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingcommunityenvironment
Within: Jordan River

Summary

The 1961 smelt run began around 2:30 a.m. on April 28, when islanders netted sizable numbers of smelt at the Jordan River.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Smelt Run.”
Reports the smelt run beginning early on April 28, around 2:30 a.m., with sizable catches netted at the Jordan River. It does not provide a catch count, individual roster, or fisheries measurement.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-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 · 1961-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Islanders net smelt at the Jordan River, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-smelt-run-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Smelt Run.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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