. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission 1909-1911 : appointed to enquire into and report on all matters appertaining to the game fish, the fisheries, and the game of the province of Wliittfish ;irc,i 1 .hiiwn in I)l;ic k .1 1 AKIv i:i fniii I S. Ilyilf *r 1 h., 1 •; ;• . ImiI . S. ) By kind permission of Mr. Paul Reighard, University of Michigan. ]. Vm. 5.—I,AKE ONTARIO. Whitefish area (shown in black), 10 to 20 fathoms. (Reducc<l from V. S. Ilydrographic Ottice chart no. r4 I ill. about .)8 mik-s.) By kind permission of Mr. Iiuil R
. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission 1909-1911 : appointed to enquire into and report on all matters appertaining to the game fish, the fisheries, and the game of the province of Wliittfish ;irc,i 1 .hiiwn in I)l;ic k .1 1 AKIv i:i fniii I S. Ilyilf *r 1 h., 1 •; ;• . ImiI . S. ) By kind permission of Mr. Paul Reighard, University of Michigan. ]. Vm. 5.—I,AKE ONTARIO. Whitefish area (shown in black), 10 to 20 fathoms. (Reducc<l from V. S. Ilydrographic Ottice chart no. r4 I ill. about .)8 mik-s.) By kind permission of Mr. Iiuil Rcig-hanl, of Michisan. 2 1912 AND FISHERIES COMMISSION. 11 TiiruiDg to the charts of the various hikes, it is evidently possibleto mark clearh thereon the area afforded by each which is available forthe sustenance of whitefish life. The result, including- both Canadianand United States waters, is found to be approximately as followK: Area, Whitefish Area and Peecentage of Whitefish Area of Each of the Great Lakes. Total area. Whitefish area. Pel centage. Lake Superior 32,000 22,000 21,000 9,500 6,500 ? ,6009,4004,1002,200 23 Lake MichiRau 12 Lake Huron 45 Lake Erie 43 Lake Ontario 34 Having plotted out these whitefish areas it will be noted that, withthe exception of Lake Erie, the whitefish areas of the individual lakes,w^hile varying considerably in breadth, more or less
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