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Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a squall hit Lake Michigan during Michigan's first coho salmon sport fishing season.
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1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster
Weather event in the United States
The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Michigan
U.S. state
Michigan is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coho salmon
Species of fish
The coho salmon is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the six Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon and is often sold as medium red salmon. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч).Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 23
Day of the year
September 23 is the 266th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 99 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)