- Date
- 1987-04
- Kind
- Closure
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructureenvironmenttransportationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1987 Beaver Beacon reported that erosion at the eastern bluff and a washout near Iron Ore Bay had closed the route around Beaver Island.
Evidence limits
The brief community notice does not identify exact segments, road authority, engineering cause, repair work, or reopening.
Sources
- Reports the around-island road closed because of a badly eroded eastern bluff and a washed-out western road at Iron Ore Bay. It does not identify the exact road segments, jurisdiction, repair schedule, or reopening. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the road-closure notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Erosion and washout close Beaver Island’s around-island road route, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-around-island-road-closure-1987/, accessed [date], citing “From the Beaver,” Beaver Beacon, April 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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