38 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table of apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of Lake Superior in 1885. 









Vessels 



and boats. 





Town or section. 



Steamers. 



Sail-boats. 





Fishing 

 steamers. 



Collecting 

 steamers. 



Gill-net 

 boats. 



Pound-net 

 boats. 



Sail-boats 



collecting 



fish. 



Minnesota shore north of Duluth 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



18 



37 



40 



3 



3 



51 



4 



2 



2 



1 



1 



2 



Value. 

 $1,200 



4, 625 

 4,000 



100 

 300 



5, 865 

 100 

 250 

 245 



90 



25 



300 



No. 

 2 

 5 



45 

 5 

 1 



7 

 7 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 3 



Value. 



$80 



150 



1,575 



35 



40 



280 



175 



80 



65 



25 



300 



No. 



Value. 





3 



1 



$9, 500 

 11,000 



2 

 1 



$13, 000 

 5,500 







Bayfield, Wisconsin 



2 

 2 



$3, 500 

 500 



Ashland, Wisconsin, and vicinity 



Ontonagon, Michigan, and vicinity 













Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan 



2 



1,800 



1 



2,000 







L' Anse and Baraga, Michigan 







Huron Bay, Michigan 

















2 



6,500 











Au Train, Michigan 











Munising and Grand Island, Michigan . . 











.... 





Grand Marais, Michigan, and vicinity.. 













Whitefish Point, Michigan 



1 

 1 



8,300 

 2,500 







4 

 10 



160 

 420 







Sault de Ste. Marie, Michigan, and vi- 



1 



8,000 



25 



4,375 









4 





Total 



10 



39, 600 



5 



28, 500 



189 



21,475 



94 



3,385 



4,000 





Town or section. 



Minnesota shore north of Duluth 



Duluth, Minnesota, and vicinity 



Bayfield, Wisconsin 



Ashland, Wisconsin, and vicinity 



Ontonagon, Michigan, and vicinity 



Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan 



L Anse and Baraga, Michigan 



Huron Bay, Michigan 



Marquette, Michigan 



Au Train, Michigan 



Munising and Grand Island, Michigan 



Grand Marais, Michigan, and. vicinity 



Whitefish Point, Michigan 



Sault de Ste. Marie, Michigan, and vicinity 



Total 



Vessels and boats — Continued. 



Bow-boats. 



Seine-boats. 



No. 



5 

 15 



Value. 



$125 

 450 



ftO 



65 



75 



25 



29 



830 



Scows and 

 small boats. 



No. 

 15 

 28 



105 

 4 



3 



3 



21 



lt8 



Value. 



$200 



310 



1,500 



40 



90 



10 



05 



55 



90 



595 



2,945 



Total. 



No. 



35 



80 

 209 



14 

 7 



65 



11 

 5 



13 

 2 

 4 

 7 

 9 



58 



519 



Value. 



$1, 480 



27, 710 



27, 525 



675 



430 



10,035 



275 



340 



6,930 



115 



325 



430 



8,575 



15, 890 



100, 735 



Town or section. 



Minnesota shore north of Duluth 



Duluth, Minnesota, and vicinity 



Bayfield, Wisconsin 



Ashland, Wisconsin, and vicinity 



Ontonagon, Michigan, and vicinity 



Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan 



L'Anse and Baraga, Michigan 



Huron Bay, Michigan 



Marquette, Michigan 



Au Train, Michigan 



Munising and Grand Island, Michigan. 

 Grand Marais, Michigan, and vicinity . 



Whitefish Point. Michigan 



Sault de Ste. Marie, Michigan, andvicin 

 ity 



Total 



Apparatus of capture. 



Gill-nets. 



No. 



300 



780 



2,000 



150 



150 



2,370 



38 



90 



315 



14 



20 



60 



60 



1,210 



7, 557 



Length. 



Feet. 



72, 000 



1, 129, 128 



780, 000 



58, 500 



58, 500 



1, 057, 128 



14, 580 



32, 400 



249, 300 



21,000 



9,900 



25, 200 



108. 000 



665,010 



4, 280. 046 



Value. 



$1, 500 



22, 330 

 11,000 



825 

 825 



23, 550 

 400 

 900 



4,140 

 168 

 224 

 480 



2,160 



9,580 

 78, 082 



Pound-nets. 



Haul-seines. 



No. 



4 



20 



124 



20 



1 



10 



7 



2 



5 



1 



5 



21 



230 



Value. No. 



$1, 400 



7,500 



37, 200 



6,000 



250 

 2,700 

 2,070 



600 

 1, 125 



250 

 1,500 



2,075 

 4,850 



67, 520 



43 



Length, 



Feet. 

 2,475 

 5, 280 

 4,950 



1,980 

 3, 300 



1,072 



3,300 

 660 



23, 017 



Valuo. 



$400 

 360 

 480 



225 

 600 



405 



375 

 75 



2,920 



