TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1: The Geography The Land; The Weather; The Lake Chapter 2: The Fish Lake Trout; Lake Herring; Whitefish; Rainbow Smelt; Other Fish Chapter 3: Ojibwe, French, British, and Americans from 1650: From Fur to Fish Foreign Fur Trade; American Fur and Fish Companies; The Treaty of 1854, Mining Exploration, and American Settlers; Development and Population Trends Chapter 4: St. Louis County North Shore Fishing Communities Fond du Lac; Duluth; Clifton; French River; Palmers; Stoney Point-Buchanan Chapter 5: Lake County North Shore Fishing Communities Knife River; Larsmont; Two Harbors; Castle Danger; Beaver Bay; Silver Bay; Little Marais; Thomasville; Indian Trails Chapter 6: Cook County North Shore Fishing Communities Schroeder; Tofte; Lutsen and Good Harbor Bay; Grand Marais; Chippewa City; Croftville; Hovland; Grand Portage Chapter 7: Social, Psychological, Occupational, and Cultural Implications The Road; The Changing Business of Commercial Fishing and Organizations; A Sense of Place and Daring Deeds; Fisherwomen and Family; Bachelor Fishermen; Smuggling--The Dark Side of the Profession; Occupational Characteristics; A Cultural Shift; The Nordic Impact Chapter 8: Fishers, Fishing Methods, and Apparatus Gill Nets; Herring Nets; Lake Trout Nets; Whitefish Pound Nets and Seines; Hooklines; Currents and Net Hazards; Essential and Fundamental Equipment Chapter 9: Boats and Boatbuilders Canoes and Bateaux; Schooners; Mackinaws; Herring Skiffs; Steamships and Packet Steamers; Tugs and Mosquito Tugs; Boatbuilders; Harbors Chapter 10: Marketing: The Challenges and Growth The Early Days; Other Commercial Fish Houses; Rail Service; Commercial Fish Houses; World War I; The Depression Chapter 11: Production: Growth and Decline Doomed Before They Started?; World War I and the Golden Age of Commercial Fishing; The Depression and World War II; Trout, Herring, and the Smelt Problem; The Perfect Storm: Big Boats, Overfishing, Smelt, Lamprey, and Taconite; The Closing of the Season Conclusion.