Bayfield Fish Hatchery


Bayfield Fish Hatchery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Salmo, Wisconsin
Coordinates	46°47′10″N 90°51′49″W / 46.78611°N 90.86361°W / 46.78611; -90.86361Coordinates: 46°47′10″N 90°51′49″W / 46.78611°N 90.86361°W / 46.78611; -90.86361
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1897
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Shingle Style
NRHP Reference #	81000033^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 22, 1981

The Bayfield Fish Hatchery is a historic fish hatchery in Salmo, Wisconsin, located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) southwest of Bayfield. The hatchery was built in 1897 in the Queen Anne style and Shingle style using local brownstone and played a historically significant role in the fishing industry on Lake Superior.^[2] On July 22, 1981, the hatchery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

History

Elisha and R.D. Pike owned a private fish hatchery in Bayfield County from the 1860s to 1895. The Wisconsin State Legislature mandated the construction of a fish hatchery in northern Wisconsin in 1895, so R.D. Pike donated 405 acres (1.64 km²) from his hatchery to serve as the state hatchery. The state built the main hatchery building in 1897 using brownstone from nearby Pike's Quarry. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway built a siding to the hatchery, and a special railcar known as The Badger brought fish from the hatchery to Wisconsin waterbodies. In 1974, new buildings and wells were constructed to modernize the hatchery. The hatchery was renamed in honor of longtime Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary Les Voigt in 2006, and the main building was named for R.D. Pike in 2011. The hatchery currently spawns five types of trout and salmon and also includes a visitor's center and aquarium.^[3]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Bayfield Fish Hatchery". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
↑ Riley, Julia; Darren Miller; Karl Scheidegger (October 2011). "A gift that spawns Great Lakes fisheries". Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine.

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