Name: Beaver Islanders return home for Christmas, 1968
Start: 1968-12
End: 1968-12
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

Date: 1968-12
Kind: Migration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: migrationcommunitydemography
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1969 Beaver Beacon listed island-connected people who returned to Beaver Island for the Christmas holidays, including members of the LaFreniere, Adams, Flynn, Evans, Dykstra, McCafferty, Pike, and Heileg families.

Evidence and limits

The notice preserves a partial community list. It does not provide travel dates, passenger records, exact stays, or a complete homecoming register.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1969, “Christmas Visitors.”
Lists holiday visitors including LaFreniere, Adams, Flynn, Evans, Dykstra, McCafferty, Pike, and Heileg family members; it is a partial community notice, not a travel record or complete homecoming register.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published homecoming notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders return home for Christmas, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-visitors-january-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1969, “Christmas Visitors.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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