Lake Apopka Revives As Sports Fish Arena

Lake Apopka Revives As Sports Fish Arena

Lake Apopka Revives As Sports Fish Arena

Lake Apopka (Fla.)

Water quality--Florida

Fishing--Florida

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Sports--Florida

A newspaper article dated June 9, 1964. The article briefly describes remarks by C. W. Sheffield, an Orange County sanitary engineer. Sheffield states that Lake Apopka, Florida is healthier than it has been in four years, primarily due to dilution from holding the water level higher. The lake was the site of a major fish kill in May of 1953.

Photocopy of original newspaper article: "Lake Apopka Revives As Sports Fish Arena." June 9, 1964: Binder 1964, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.

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Digital reproduction of photocopied newspaper article: "Lake Apopka Revives As Sports Fish Arena." June 9, 1964.

Binder 1964, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.

Oakland Nature Preserve Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Copyright to this resource is held by the Friends of Lake Apopka and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

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