Commercial Fishing Fishing Industry The fishing industry in Waukegan was an important part of the lake- EN ESPAÑOL & ENGLISH front from the earliest period in Waukegan’s history. It supplied jobs and a food source for Waukegan and many other communities....
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Commercial Fishing Fishing Industry The fishing industry in Waukegan was an important part of the lake- EN ESPAÑOL & ENGLISH front from the earliest period in Waukegan’s history. It supplied jobs and a food source for Waukegan and many other communities. People would travel from Chicago waukeganparks.org/signs by steamer for the day stopping at History of Fishing the fisheries to purchase fish to take In 1850, only 4 people were The completion of the harbor in 1898 allowed more fishermen home. listed with the occupation of to come to Waukegan and stay. Fisherman in Waukegan. The occupation was both The first regional fisherman to set anchor in Waukegan was dangerous and costly. Captain William Smith. Capt. Smith arrived here on April 4, Wooden row boats or 1894, and the following day he took the first 1,000 pounds of Mackinaw boats were used trout to be sold here. He founded the Smith Fishing Co. in to fish. Another method that 1896. Capt. Smith had fished commercially around the Great
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