Two Rivers to Frankfort 



Seventy-six bottles (table 15) were released 

 June 2, 1932, along the transect from Two 

 Rivers to Frankfort (fig. 14) and 57 (75 per- 

 cent) were recovered. Twenty-one (41 percent) 

 of 51 bottles had retained their drags. The 

 bottles were found in 4-113 days (except one, 

 no. 412, that was recovered 437 days after 

 release on August 14, 1933), an average of 

 43.6, and from 7-120 miles distant, an average 

 of 60.0. 



Thirty-nine (68 percent) of the bottles had 

 floated northeastward (5 of them into Traverse 

 Bay), 13 (23 percent) had moved southwestward, 

 and 5 (9 percent) were found to the northwest, 

 southeast, or east. The bottles along the 

 eastern shore had scattered from 2 miles 

 north of Big Point Sable (except one that had 

 floated to 3 miles south of Saugatuck, Michigan), 

 to eastern Cecil Bay. The bottles recovered 

 to the west were distributed from near the 

 Ozaukee-Sheboygan County line to 9 miles 

 north of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. 



Frankfo: : to Charlevoix 



On June 3, 1932, 70 bottles (table 16) were 

 deposited between Frankfort and Charlevoix 

 (fig. 15). Fifty-one (73 percent) were found — 

 all in the State of Michigan. Thirty-two (65 

 percent) of 49 bottles had their drags attached. 

 Fifty bottles were recovered in 3-130 days 

 averaging 45.4; one bottle was found in 5.75 

 years, 6 miles south of Cross Village. Mini- 

 mum distances ranged from 2-93 miles, an 

 average of 33.0, but 47 percent of the bottles 

 were found inside 26 miles and averaged only 

 13 miles. Nine bottles had floated southward 

 and 42 or 82 percent northward. Eight bottles 

 had entered Grand Traverse Bay. The bottles 

 had been scattered from 1 mile south of Pt. 

 Betsie Light to Sturgeon Bay near Cross 

 Village. 



Charlevoix to Manistique 



On June 6, 1932, 54 bottles (table 17) were 

 dropped between Charlevoix and Manistique, 

 Michigan (fig. 16) — 35 (65 percent) were re- 

 covered and 19 (59 percent) of 32 bottles held 

 their drags. Six bottles were discovered from 



0.93-5.8 years after release in 1933, 1934, 

 1935, and 1938 but had floated an average of 

 only 18.8 miles. The other 29 bottles were 

 recovered in 1-177 days, an average of 54.8, 

 and 22 of these bottles averaged only 35.3 

 days. All recovered bottles had moved 1-51 

 miles, average 25.9. Twenty-three bottles 

 were found southeast, 10 northeast, and 2 

 southwest near Fisherman's Island and Point 

 Detour. The 33 bottles had scattered from 

 northern Antrim County, Grand Traverse Bay, 

 to 1 mile west of Cross Village and to the 

 Gull and Beaver Islands. 



Manistique to Escanaba 



Of the 22 bottles (table 18) dropped on June 

 7, 1932, between Manistique and Escanaba 

 (fig. 17), 16 (73 percent) were collected in 

 4-516 days and at minimum distances of 6-66 

 miles, average 26.6. Excluding the 2 bottles 

 discovered beyond 1 year (390 and 516 days), 

 the other 14 bottles were found during an 

 average of 66.3 days (4-173). Drags were 

 noted on six (38 percent) bottles. Only 2 bottles 

 floated eastward; 4 were recovered in northern 

 Green Bay; and 10 drifted southwest as far 

 south as Jacksonport, Wisconsin. 



Manistique to Manistee 



Twenty-seven bottles (table 19) were re- 

 leased on June 20, 1932, along the eastern 

 shore of the lake (fig. 17). All of the 20 

 recoveries (74 percent) were found between 

 Good Harbor Bay and 6 miles south of Manistee. 

 Fourteen floated southeast and six northeast. 

 These bottles were recovered in 4-92 days, 

 an average of 15.6, but 18 bottles had an 

 average of only 10.2 days. The minimum dis- 

 tances covered by the bottles ranged from 5-22 

 miles, an average of 10.6. Nineteen (95 percent) 

 of the 20 bottles possessed their drags. 



Manistee to Grand Haven 



Thirty-nine (95 percent) of the 41 bottles 

 (table 20) released June 21, 1932, between 

 Manistee and Grand Haven (fig. 17) were 

 recovered from the day of release up to 60 

 days, an average of 10.5, and at 3-26 minimum 

 miles, an average of 10.9. More than half of 

 these bottles had times and distances well 



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