THE FISHERIES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. 647 
FISHERIES.— Accompanying this report is a map of the Susquehanna River from the junction 
of the West Branch at Northumberland to Towanda, near the New Yorh State line; upon this is 
noted the localities of the fisheries with as much accuracy as was attainable from the accounts 
received by us. Some have probably been omitted, especially in the stretch of river from Dan- 
ville to a point 4 miles above Bloomsburg, where we were unsuccessful in our inquiries, but with- 
out doubt the most important on the river have been recorded by us. 
At Northumberland, or just below, was Hummel’s fishery; between Northumberland and 
Danville there were eight fisheries in order from Northumberland up, as follows: (1) Line’s Island 
lower fishery; (2) Line’s Island middle fishery; (3) Smith’s fishery; (4) Line’s Island upper fish- 
ery; (5) Scoti’s fishery; (6) Grant’s fishery; (7) Carr’s Island fishery; (8) Rockafeller’s. The 
next fishery of which we have a record was the fishery of Samuel Webb, located about 4 miles 
above Bloomsburg. Above this point about 4 miles, and 6 miles below Berwick, was the fishery 
of Benjamin Boon; the next was located just above the town of Berwick, and about a mile and a 
half above Berwick was the Tuckahoe fishery (this last is the same as the Nescopeck fishery men- 
tioned in Pearce’s history); the next was at Beach Haven. Between this latter place and Nanti- 
coke Dam there were three, viz, one at Shickshinny, one just below the mouth of Hunlock’s Creek, 
and one called the “‘ Dutch” fishery, on Croup’s farm. Above Nanticoke there was one belonging 
to James Stewart, about opposite Jameson Harvey’s place; one at Fish Island, and one at Steel’s 
Ferry, called the Mud fishery. The next was on Fish’s Island, three-quarters of a mile below the 
Wilkes-Barre bridge; the next was Bowman’s fishery, mediately below the Wilkes-Barre bridge; 
the next was the Butler fishery, a little above the bridge; the next was at Mill Creek, a mile 
above the bridge; the next was the Monocacy Island fishery; the next Carey’s; the next was on 
Wintermoot Island, this last landing on the left bank above the ferry at Beauchard’s; the next was 
at Scovel’s Island, opposite Lackawanna Creek; this and the Falling Spring fishery next above be- 
longed to parties living in Providence, away up the Lackawanna. The next above was at Harding’s, 
in Exeter township; the next above was at Keeler’s, in Wyoming County; the next was at Taylor’s 
(or Three Brother’s) Island. This latter fishery was no doubt the one referred to by P. M. Osterbout 
as being opposite McKune’s Station on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The next was at Hunt’s ferry 
circa, 5 miles above Tunkhannock; the next was Grist’s Bar, about a mile above Meshoppen; 
the next was at Whitcomb’s Island, a mile below Black Walnut bottom; a half a mile above this 
fishery was the Sterling Island fishery ; and the next above was Black Walnut, and half a mile 
further up was the Chapin Island fishery; the next was at the bend at Skinner’s Eddy; the next 
was at Browntown, in Bradford County; the next was at Ingham’s Island; the next was at the 
mouth of Wyalusing Creek; 2 miles farther up was one at Terrytown; the next and last that we 
have any record of was at Standing Stone, about 6 miles below Towanda. 
Thus it will be seen that between Northumberland and Towanda there were about forty per- 
manent fisheries. 
MONEY VALUE.—Onr country records only go back to 1787. We spent a whole day in search- 
ing the first volumes, in hopes that we might find some entries of transfers of fishing rights, but 
our search was fruitless; we have, however, found among the papers of Caleb Wright a bill of 
sale of a half interest in a fishery between Shickshinny and Nanticoke, called the “Dutch fish- 
ery;” the price paid was £20 “lawful money of Pennsylvania,” equivalent to $53.33." 
Jameson Harvey says that Jonathan Hunlock’s interest in th8 Hunlock fishery was worth 
from $500 to $600 per annum; it was a half interest. Henry Roberts says a right in a fishery 
was worth from $10 to $25. 
*Caleb Wright’s son received 1,900 shad as his share of one night’s fishing at this fishery. 
