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pounds of sturgeon, 3,000 pounds of herring, and 10,000 pounds of 

 mixed fish, sold fresh ; the salt fish consisted of 69,000 pounds of white- 

 fish, 59,400 pounds of trout, and 6,500 pounds of suckers. The secondary 

 products were 1,500 gallons of fish oil, valued at $450. 



74. CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 



General description. — The shore-line of Cheboygan County stretches 

 for a distance of 20 miles southeast of Mackinaw City, terminating at the 

 northern extremity of Hammond's Bay. The only community of im- 

 portance on the lake is Cheboygan, a town of about 2,000 inhabitants, 

 situated at the mouth of the river of the same name. The fisheries of 

 the section are of comparatively little value, consisting only of a limited 

 amount of pound-net fishing on that portion of the shore opposite the 

 South Channel, and some gill-netting about 17 miles northeast of Che- 

 boygan on Spectacle Reef. 



Pound-net fishery. — Pound-nets have been set along this shore since 

 1861. In 1885 four nets were operated, two by Cheboygan parties 

 and two by men living at Mackinaw City. The nets, which had a 21- 

 inch mesh, were set in from 28 to 40 feet of water,and remained in use 

 from July to November. They were worth from $300 to $350 each. 

 Seven men, in two gangs, with two pound-net boats and two other 

 small boats were required to fish the nets ; they were French Canadians, 

 and were hired at the rate of $26 a month by the owners of the nets. 

 The average stock of the pounds in 1885 was $225, made up chiefly of 

 sales of whitefish and herring. 



Gill-net fishery. — This is carried on by a Cheboygan man who em- 

 ployed one hundred and sixty nets and four gill-net boats, engaging 

 the services of twelve men from May 1 to September 1, and again from 

 October 1 to November 20. The nets are about 195 feet long aud 6 feet 

 deep, aud cost $7 each. The yield in 1885 was 20,000 pouuds, chiefly 

 whitefish, which were sold fresh for $600. 



Statistical resume. — Nineteen men were engaged in fishing in Che- 

 boygan County in 1885. The apparatus included 8 boats, valued at 

 $712; 4 pound-nets, valued at $1,300; 160 gill-nets, valued at $1,120; 

 and miscellaneous apparatus, shore property, and working capital, val- 

 ued at $500 ; the total amount invested in the fisheries being $3,632. 

 The catch consisted of 15,400 pounds of whitefish, 4,000 pounds of 

 trout, 3,600 pounds of pike and pickerel, and 2,500 pounds of other 

 fish, sold fresh ; and 14,000 pounds of whitefish, 2,000 pounds of trout, 

 and 10,000 pounds of herring, salted - 3 the products being valued at 

 $1,495. 



75. PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 



Physical characteristics. — The shore of this county is about 45 miles 

 long aud extends from the upper side of Hammond's Bay on the 

 north to (but not including) Middle Island on the south. It is gener- 

 ally low and sandy, with very shallow water. An occasional bluff 



