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Definition of Lake whitefish

1. Noun. Found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Whitefish

Literary usage of Lake whitefish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Canada by Robert Ramsay Wright, James Mavor (1897)
"Pacific Interior or Rocky Mountain Plateau, comprising little-developed fisheries, land-locked Pacific salmon, lake whitefish, lake trout, river trout and ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1895)
"Q. The other kind called lake whitefish?—A. Is a deep water fish. ... A. As much as lake whitefish. About 5 cents a pound, they are plentiful at certain ..."

3. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1891)
"They vary in size from the large lake whitefish, averaging 3 to 5 pounds in weight, to the little "lake herring of the Saranac Lakes. ..."

4. American Revisions and Additions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica by William Harrison De Puy (1892)
"They vary in size from the large lake whitefish averaging three to five pounds in weight, to the little "lake herring " of the Saranac Lakes. ..."

5. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"The Great lake whitefish Fishery .... $900000 The Lobster Fishery 732000 The Great Lakes General Fishery .... 600000 The Shore Fishery of the Middle States ..."

6. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Other exposed fish studied include lake whitefish (Coregonus ... (331) reported that die lake whitefish appeared to be experiencing reproductive problems. ..."

7. A Review of the Fishery Industries of the United States and the Work of the by George Brown Goode (1883)
"The Great lake whitefish Fishery .... $900000 The Lobster Fishery 732000 The Great Lakes General Fishery .... 600000 The Shore Fishery of the Middle States ..."

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