Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin -
World's Largest Speared Sturgeon

On display at the George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum. It weighed almost 200 pounds, without the spear.

Address:: 603 Peace Pipe Road, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Directions:: At the George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center. Downtown; one block south of Hwy 47 and The Indian Bowl, at the corner of Peace Pipe Rd and Simpson Ave.
Hours:: M-Sa 10-4, fewer days and hours off-season. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 715-588-3333

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World's Largest Sturgeon

The world's largest sturgeon to be speared was on the shore of Pokegama Lake. It measured 7 feet and 1 inch, 195 pounds and 40 inches around. It's on display in the local museum. [Sylana, 05/23/2005]

[RA: The museum includes a replica French fur trading post, assorted dugout and birch-bark canoes, Ojibwe Native America arts and crafts, and the aforementioned whopper of a fish.]

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February 10, 2012