Event
- Dates
- 1984-10 – 1986-04
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunitymaritimecommercecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In October 1984 the Beaver Island Civic Association proposed a maritime memorial and fund for island people who died at sea, publishing a preliminary list and asking residents for corrections and donations.
Evidence limits
The list is explicitly provisional. It does not prove every identity, cause, date, vessel association, memorial placement, fundraising result, or monument completion.
Sources
- Proposes a bronze plaque or related memorial, a First State Bank memorial fund, and possible placement near the harbor lighthouse; publishes a preliminary list of island people lost at sea from 1869 through 1984 and asks for corrections and donations. It is a proposal and working list, not a completed monument, verified casualty register, or donor ledger. 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 · 1984-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial proposal and preliminary list.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-10_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports tentative fieldstone-and-bronze-plaque plans near the St. James harbor lighthouse, a need for at least $1,800, negligible monetary response, and an expanded list of names and reported circumstances. The notice explicitly asks for additions and corrections; it is not a verified casualty register or completed memorial. 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 · 1984-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-11_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the proposed fieldstone and bronze-plaque memorial near the St. James Harbor lighthouse, a minimum $1,800 cost, a $100 First State Bank gift with a possible matching later gift, and Bill Bennett's $50 gift in memory of John. The list remains explicitly incomplete and the project is not recorded as completed. 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 · 1984-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seventeen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that student-auction and private donations brought the project to roughly one-quarter of its $1,800 goal and repeats the incomplete name list and request for corrections. It is a fundraising update, not a completed memorial or verified casualty register. 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 · 1985-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-01_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports a $300 student-service auction plus $35 in donations, placing the fund at roughly one-third of the $1,800 cost, and asks for help toward a Labor Day dedication. It also publishes a historical account of the 1887 Vernon disaster and an explicitly incomplete name list; neither the memorial nor casualty list is treated as complete. 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 · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-fund update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that one-third of the $1,800 memorial cost had been raised, repeats the proposed fieldstone and bronze plaque, and publishes an updated but incomplete list of people lost on the Great Lakes. It is a fundraising and research appeal, not a completed memorial or verified casualty register. 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 · 1985-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seventeen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that roughly one-third of the $1,800 memorial goal had been raised, asks for further donations and information about island people lost at sea, and prints a poem and updated names. It remains a fundraising and identification appeal, not a completed monument or verified casualty register. 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 · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fourteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Thanks named contributors to the memorial fund, reports a hoped-for Labor Day dedication, reprints Frank McCauley's Captain Kilty poem from Journal of Beaver Island History volume two, and asks for additional donations toward the incomplete project. It is a fundraising and commemorative notice, not a completed monument, donor ledger, or verified casualty register. 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 · 1985-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-fund update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the proposed harbor-lighthouse memorial, raffle paintings of the Clifton and Vernon, a Cabbage Patch doll raffle, an updated but explicitly correction-seeking victim list, and contributions while the Civic Association continues to seek land ownership information. It is a fundraising and research notice, not a completed monument, donor ledger, or verified casualty register. 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 · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial-fund update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports 58 island people lost to water over roughly 115 years; a proposed fieldstone monument and bronze plaque at the St. James Harbor Lighthouse; an estimated $1,800 cost; at least $1,000 still needed; a First State Bank of Charlevoix savings account; and planned Cabbage Patch doll and Clifton/Vernon painting raffles. The list and project remain appeals and plans, not a verified casualty register, donor ledger, or completed monument. 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 · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-six-page July/August combined issue PDF, filed canonically as July 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the memorial-project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports more than $2,600 raised, a planned September 1 dedication at the lighthouse, nearly $200 from the July 4 Cabbage Patch doll raffle, a collective Tilley-family donation remembering Edgar Tilley's reported 1925 drowning, and the need for further donations and name information. It is a progress and fundraising report, not a completed monument record, donor ledger, or verified casualty register. 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 · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the memorial-fund update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports a $232.21 profit from the contemporary home tour, a $448.73 profit from the sunset cruise, approximately 125 people at the September 1 dedication, the dedication program and song, and planned maintenance and flagstone work. It is a newspaper organizational report, not a monument survey, donor ledger, attendance register, or independent casualty record. 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 · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial dedication and fundraising report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The Civic retrospective says the stone-and-bronze memorial near Whiskey Point cost more than $2,700, that fundraising covered it, and that the Coast Guard ship Mesquite visited for on-board tours as part of the dedication activities. It is a newspaper organizational account, not a monument survey, donor ledger, or verified casualty register. 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 · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seventeen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the memorial retrospective.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association seeks a memorial to island people lost at sea, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-at-sea-memorial-campaign-1984/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Civic Association at-sea memorial proposal, Beaver Beacon, October 1984. (and 25 further sources listed on the page).
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