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Beaver Island reports airport clearing and a $203,235 Airport Commission grant

Also Beaver Island airport grant and clearing 2011

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TypeEvent
Date2011-01
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ErasModern era
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Date
2011-01
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Transportation
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2011 Beacon reported that tree clearing on the airport property at Angeline’s Bluff was nearly complete or complete, exposing the site’s ridges and swales. The townships also approved the Airport Commission’s acceptance of a $203,235 grant requiring a $5,081 local match.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper report of grant approval and site work. It does not establish the signed grant agreement, final land title, or completion of the terminal and other ten-year-plan projects.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2011, "News from the Townships" and "Airport Clearing Complete."
    Reports township approval for the Airport Commission to accept a $203,235 grant with a $5,081 local match, nearly complete tree clearing on Angeline's Bluff, and the resulting limits on terminal and ten-year-plan work while land acquisition remained unsettled. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the airport grant and clearing report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports airport clearing and a $203,235 Airport Commission grant”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-grant-and-clearing-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2011, "News from the Townships" and "Airport Clearing Complete." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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