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Beaver Island cross-country snowmobile race, 1974

Also 1974 Beaver Island snowmobile race · Font and Barney’s Lakes snowmobile race

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Locator map: Font Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Font LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1974-01-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Font Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Font LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1974-01-27
Kind
Sports
Where
Font Lake · Barney’s Lake
Participants
Richard Lynn "Richie" Gillespie (racer) · Edward Bruce "Ed" Wojan (racer) · James L. Wojan (racer) · Tom McDonough (racer) · Jim Jorda (racer) · Johnny Gillespie (racer) · Mike Green (racer) · Joe Ken (racer) + 3 more
Carried out by
Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitytourismenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

On January 27, 1974, a cross-country snowmobile race covered an 8.3-mile route near Font and Barney’s Lakes. The Beaver Beacon lists eleven finishers, led by Richie Gillespie, Ed Wojan, and Jim Wojan.

Evidence and limits

The published finish order is preserved as a newspaper result. The source does not provide timing sheets, vehicle classes, rules, or a complete participant list; the Civic Association connection is based on the same issue’s adjacent program notices and is kept as the reported organizing context.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports an 8.3-mile January 27 cross-country race covering areas of Font and Barney’s Lakes. The published order was Richie Gillespie, Ed Wojan, Jim Wojan, Tom McDonough, Jim Jorda, John Gillespie, Mike Green, Joe Ken, Carl Welke, Dick Burris, and Orville Anderson. It does not provide timing sheets, vehicle classes, or a complete race organization record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island cross-country snowmobile race, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cross-country-snowmobile-race-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1974, “B. I. Snowmobile Race.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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