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Morgan, Banner Bill (ed.) / Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
volume XXXVI (1944)
O'Donnell, D. John
A history of fishing in the Brule River, pp. 19-31 ff.
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A HISTORY OF FISHING IN THE BRULE RIVER 19 Bride River Survey: Paper No. 3 D. JoHN O'DONNELL Wiscon8in Conservation Department Biology Division The famous Brule River, located approximately 30 mii~s east of the city of Superior, in the northwestern part of Wisconsin, is one of the better known of the important trout streams in the United States. Owing to the fact that the trout populations have apparently declined since the days of lumbering operations, it was deemed desirable to make a complete physical, chemical and biological investigation of the Brule River, with the aim of establishing a stream management program for the river. The investigational work started in October of 1942 as a cooperative project between the Wisconsin Conservation Commission and the University of Wisconsin. It was first necessary to review the literature and determine the known facts concerning past conditions in the river. The present report is a short resume of the history of the Brule River valley, with the stress placed principally upon the fish and fishing conditions. The very earliest history concerns the changes in the river during geological times. Since any geological history is concerned primarily with physical changes, these aspects are omitted and will be covered in a subsequent report on the geology of the Brule River valley. The more recent history of the Brule River valley begins necessarily with the story of the Indian. The earliest record is that of the Mound Builders, who apparently had an advanced type of culture and were proficient in the metal arts. They mined copper in what is now known as the Minong Range and at Mani~ thu Falls on Black River, and used both fire and water in mining the metal. The copper was worked into various weapons, implements and ornaments and when one of their number died, various copper pieces were placed in the mound with the body. These
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