Name: Steve Smith wins the Beaver Island Game Club’s largest-bass prize, 1963
Start: 1963-01
End: 1963-01
Location: Beaver Island

Steve Smith wins the Beaver Island Game Club’s largest-bass prize, 1963

Also 1963 Beaver Island largest bass prize

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TypeEvent

Date1963-01

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1963-01
Kind: Award
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Game Club
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingrecreationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1963 Beaver Beacon names Steve Smith as the Beaver Island Game Club’s largest-bass prize winner.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a fish weight, score sheet, or complete contest record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1963, “Game Club.”
Identifies Steve Smith, son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of Grand Rapids, as the winner of the Game Club’s largest-bass prize.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-01_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, January 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published prize notice; it does not provide a weight, score sheet, or complete competition record.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Steve Smith wins the Beaver Island Game Club’s largest-bass prize, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-bass-prize-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1963, “Game Club.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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