In 1878 the whitefish fishery failed at Lac La Biche. Fisheries there were controlled starting 1892 and by 1895 heavy fishing restrictions and the first fishing permits were given out just to fish on the lake.
Oddly enough, Seventeen years later in 1912 commercial fisheries were introduced at Lac La Biche so much that by 1915 the Hudson's Bay company stores in the area changed their focus from fur to the fisheries. The development of the railway to Lac La Biche in 1915 laid way for the first fish processing plant at Lac La Biche in 1916.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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