Bayfield Fish Hatchery

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]

Bayfield Fish Hatchery
Nearest citySalmo, Wisconsin
Coordinates46°47′10″N 90°51′49″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1897
Built byVan Nest & Paulissen
ArchitectH.P. Hadley
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.81000033[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1981

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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Bayfield Fish Hatchery". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. Riley, Julia; Darren Miller; Karl Scheidegger (October 2011). "A gift that spawns Great Lakes fisheries". Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine.


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