Name: Traverse City Boy Scouts visit Beaver Island and clean the public campgrounds, 1956
Start: 1956-10-04
End: 1956-10-06
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1956-10-04 – 1956-10-06
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityrecreationconservation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Boy Scout troops 35, 36, and 143 from Traverse City visited Beaver Island on October 4–6, 1956, with 50 boys and five named Scoutmasters. The November Beaver Beacon says they cleaned the township public campgrounds on the island’s north shore.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-bounded visit and cleanup report. It does not provide troop records, a complete participant list, work measurements, or campground records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1956, “Boy Scout Troops.”
Reports that Boy Scout troops 35, 36, and 143 from Traverse City visited Beaver Island October 4–6 with 50 boys and five named Scoutmasters, and says they cleaned the township public campgrounds on the north shore. It does not provide troop records, a complete participant list, work measurements, or campground-maintenance records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1956, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the Scout visit and cleanup report; it does not expand the participant, service, or campground record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Traverse City Boy Scouts visit Beaver Island and clean the public campgrounds, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boy-scout-cleanup-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1956, “Boy Scout Troops.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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