FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES IN 1885. 



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Table of apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of St. Clair River, Lake St. 

 Clair, and Detroit Hirer in 1885— Continued. 







Shore property. 







Section. 



Value of 

 buildings 



and 

 wharves. 



Value of 

 accesso- 

 ries and 

 fixtures. 



Fish-cars. 



Cash 

 capital. 



Total 



capital 



invested. 





No. 



Value. 







, $3,850 



1, 800 



93, 950 



$1,350 

 1,125 

 8,175 



9 



$270 



$4, 000 



$14, 154 





18,007 



Detroit River 



450 

 459 



11,250 



92, 500 



218,920 







Total 



99, 600 



10, 650 



11, 520 



96, 500 



251,081 



Products of the fisheries of St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River in 1885. 



Section. 



White- 

 fish. 



Pickerel. 



Stur- 

 geon. 



Herring. 



Perch, 



suckers, 



etc. 



Total. 



Value. 



St. Clair River 



Pounds. 



1,000 



9,250 



30, 875 



Pounds. 



158, 990 



68, 650 



2,940 



Pounds. 



66, 920 



157, 600 



3,260 



Pounds. 

 508, 200 

 468, 250 

 231, 700 



Pounds. 



31, 900 



438, 960 



4,300 



Pounds. 



770,010 



1,142,710 



273, 075 



$11,160 



Lake St. Clair 



20, 509 



Detroit River * 



8,524 







Total 



41,125 



230, 580 



227, 780 



1,208,150 



478, 160 



2, 185, 795 



40, 193 







* The following secondary products, valued at $7,584, should be accredited to the Detroit River: 

 53,690 pounds of caviare, 1,550 pounds of isinglass, and 800 gallons of oil. 



Wholesale fish trade of Detroit and Port Huron in 1885. 



Species. 



Sold fresh. 



Frozen 

 before ship- 

 ment. 



Salted. 



Smoked. 



Total. 



Value. 



Whiteflsh 



Pounds. 



66, 300 



2, 834, 470 



1, 417, 230 



50, 000 



482, 320 



20, 400 



350, 000 



Pounds. 

 16,000 

 477, 300 

 238, 700 

 321, 000 

 450, 000 



Pounds. 



765, 000 

 1,995,000 



578, 000 

 2,111,500 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



847, 300 

 5, 306, 770 

 2, 2l'3, 930 

 2, 825, 500 

 1, 177, 320 

 20, 400 



350, 000 



$50, 335 



Trout 



Pike and pickerel 





274, 885 



116,471 



92, 586 



Herring 



340, 000 

 245, 000 



Sturgeon 



70, 793 



Catfish 



1, 020 



Perch, suckers, etc 









3,500 













Total 



5, 220, 720 



1, 506, 000 



5, 449, 500 



585, 000 



*12, 701,220 



609, 590 



* Of this amount 526,000 pounds were handled at Port Huron. 

 82. THE ST. CLAIR RIVER, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 



Review oftoivns. — Near the head of the St. Clair River is Port Huron, 

 the most important of the numerous towns along its banks. It was 

 settled at the beginning of the present century and now has a popula- 

 tion of about 11,000. 



About 12 miles south of Port Huron is the town of St. Clair, settled 

 in 1828 and now having 2,500 inhabitants. 



And 8 miles further south is Marine City, with a population of 2,000. 

 Algonac, the same distance below Marine City, was settled in 1832, and 

 now has 1,000 inhabitants. 



Extent and character of the -fisheries. — Fisheries have been carried on 

 &t these places for many years, but only to a small extent. It is said 



