Nipigon Historical Museum Archives: L.M. “Buzz” Lein
Research Files, 1978
Excerpts from: Canadian Geographic Aug/Sept 1978
Page 62
Commercial Fishing in Northern Ontario, by George Adams
“Commercial fishing started on Lake Nipigon as early as 1898
but wasn’t important until about 1910…
…with the continuance of favourable prices and successful
establishment of better market conditions in the early 1900’s the industry
expanded considerably.
Indicative of the active interest in commercial fishing at this time was a 20 year lease that the
Canada Fish Company negotiated in 1902 with the Province of Ontario for rights
to fish Lake Nipigon.
The conditions of the lease, at $15,000 per year included a
railway to the lake to be built by the company.
The fishing license in this lease
allowed 500 tons annually for the first three years and twice that amount for
each year thereafter. Fortunately the full conditions of this license were not
utilized.
Originally open water commercial fishing was confined almost
entirely to lakes near suitable transportation.
The construction of the National Transcontinental across the top of Lake
Nipigon gave access after 1907 to lakes in the formerly remote area.”
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