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Beaver Island fish market opens on an honor system, 2014

Also Beaver Island village fish market July 2014

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TypeEvent
Dates2014-07-21 – 2014-07-25
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2014-07-21 – 2014-07-25
Kind
Market opening
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
foodwaysfishingeconomycommunity
Within
Beaver Island

In July 2014, a Beaver Island fish market was announced as open on an honor system, with customers weighing and wrapping fish and leaving payment in a box. Follow-up discussion identified the provider as Larry and described whitefish being supplied to the village.

The forum does not preserve the market’s formal name, exact location, licensing, prices, or sales volume.

Sources

  1. A first-party market notice said smoked fish would be ready around noon and that fresh fillets were also available. It documents a later offering, not market continuity, volume, price, licensing, or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t008062
  2. The market advertised an August 30 fish fry with whitefish or trout, fries, coleslaw, Faygo, and stated prices of $15/$10. A reply praised the trout. This documents a specific promotion, not attendance, sales, sourcing, or health inspection.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007925
  3. The announcement said a fish market had opened on an honor system: customers weighed and wrapped fish and left payment in a box. Follow-up identified the provider only as Larry and described him as a village fisherman supplying whitefish. The thread does not preserve a business name, location, prices, licensing, or sales volume.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007752

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island fish market opens on an honor system, 2014”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fish-market-opening-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Fish Market, "smoked fish today," Beaver Island Forum, October 4, 2014. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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