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Table of products of the fisheries of Lake Michigan in 1885 — Continued. 



Section. 



Manufactured products. 



Cavaire. 



Isin- 

 glass, 



Oil. 



Value. 



Total 

 value 



of pro- 

 ducts. 



Ozaukee County, Wisconsin 



Milwaukee County, Wisconsin . . < . . . 



Racine, Wisconsin 



Kenosha, Wisconsin 



Waukegan, Illinois 



Chicago and South Chicago, Illinois 



Indiana 



Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan 



Allegan County, Michigan 



Grand Haven, Michigan 



Muskegon and Montague, Michigan 



Oceana County, Michigan 



Mason and Manistee Counties, Michigan 



Frankfort and South Frankfort, Michigan 



Aral to Good Harbor, Michigan 



Grand Traverse Bay and vicinity, Michigan 



Charlevoix, Michigan 



Little Traverse Bay, Michigan 



Cross Village and Good Hart, Michigan 



Mackinaw City to Point Waugoshance. Michigan. 

 Beaver, Fox, and Manitou Islands, Michigan 



Total 



Lbs. 



Lbs. 



Galls. 



230 

 8,600 

 23, 125 

 9,875 

 7, 500 

 5,725 

 6,300 



80 



125 



150 



250 



75 



80 

 780 



1,700 

 200 



1,100 

 375 



161 

 1,172 



2,989 



318 



1,267 



1,036 



728 



700 



50 



640 

 375 



448 

 260 



2,000 



600 



$1,500 



46, 300 



9,710 



10, 530 



1,980 



72, 041 



18, 845 



34, 090 



16,893 



18,149 



18, 088 



10, 775 



17, 193 



51, 585 



17,084 



33, 205 



22, 079 



8,495 



7,625 



1,563 



61,010 



65, 975 



910 



7,300 



9,634 



888, 422 



33. THE NORTH SHORE (MACKINAC AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES, 



MICHIGAN). 



Fishing centers. — On the north shore of Lake Michigan from St. Ignace 

 to Seul (Jhoix Point, a distance of 75 miles, there are no villages, if we 

 except a few small fishing communities. The fishermen are scattered at 

 frequent intervals along the eastern portion of this coast, the principal 

 settlements being at St. Helena Island, Gros Cape, and Point la Barbe ; 

 and farther west there are three settlements, with post-offices, named 

 Epoufette, Naubinway, and Orville. The shores as a rule are sandy, 

 with no good harbors, and the soil, which is well wooded, is poor and un- 

 inviting to the agriculturist. The Beaver Islands, lying in the middle 

 of the upper end of the lake, break the force of the waves along cer- 

 tain portions of this coast, which otherwise would be exposed to the 

 wind sweeping without interruption over 300 miles of water. The 

 abundance of fish in the locality has induced the fishermen to settle 

 here, and the three hamlets already named have from ten to thirty 

 families each, with as many more families scattered along the shore, 

 chiefly in the eastern portion t There is a lumber-mill at Black River, 

 locally known as Gilchrist, and another, not now in operation, at Nau- 

 biuway, lumbering being the only interest aside from fishing. 



History and character of the fisheries. — For fully thirty years the resi- 

 dents have fished extensively with gill-nets, and between 1856 and 1859 

 the first pound-net was set in the region near Naubiuway, and by 1862 

 they were extensively used. The fishermen are, almost without ex- 

 ception, French Canadians, with an admixture in many cases of In- 



