Name: Garden Island Six hunting group holds a 40th reunion on Beaver Island, 2010
Start: 2010-07-10
End: 2010-07-19
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2010-07-10 – 2010-07-19
Kind: Reunion
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityhuntingtourismoral-historymusic
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In July 2010, the Garden Island Six—an Ohio-centered group whose first Beaver Island-area hunting trip was described as occurring in 1970—held a reunion on Beaver Island. Forum posts record months of planning for lodging, meals, music, island tours, and a possible Garden Island visit. A later organizer post thanked island hosts and participants and described the reunion week as successful.

Evidence limits

The forum provides unusually detailed organizer-side planning and a post-reunion account, but no independent attendance list, formal program, photographic record, or confirmation that every proposed activity occurred. References to earlier hunting trips are community memory and should not be treated as a complete history of Garden Island use.

Sources

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Sources

Al Biltz and participants, “July 10, 2010 Garden Island Six 40th Reunion,” Beaver Island Forum, December 2, 2009–July 19, 2010, topic 2053.
Biltz documented planning for a July 10 reunion of a group whose first Garden Island trip was in 1970, including lodging, music, island activities, and a possible Garden Island visit. A July 19 post thanked island hosts and described the gathering as completed, naming local businesses, visitors, and family activities. This is an organizer’s community account rather than an independent attendance or event report.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002053

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Garden Island Six hunting group holds a 40th reunion on Beaver Island, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garden-island-six-40th-reunion-2010/, accessed [date], citing Al Biltz and participants, “July 10, 2010 Garden Island Six 40th Reunion,” Beaver Island Forum, December 2, 2009–July 19, 2010, topic 2053..

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