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Beaver Lodge asks snowmobilers to protect the golf course, 1972

Also 1972 golf-course snowmobile warning · Beaver Lodge greens protection notice

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1972-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1972-10
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Golf Course
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
recreationconservationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October–November 1972 Beaver Beacon reported that winter snowmobile use had extensively damaged the Beaver Lodge golf-course greens and asked riders to stay off the course to prevent further damage and delays to spring opening.

Evidence and limits

This is a published management warning, not a damage assessment, repair ledger, or enforcement record.

Sources

  1. Reports extensive winter snowmobile damage to the golf-course greens and asks snowmobilers to stay off the course because repairs were costly and would delay spring opening; it does not provide a damage assessment, repair cost, or enforcement record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page combined October–November issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published warning.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Lodge asks snowmobilers to protect the golf course, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-golf-course-snowmobile-damage-warning-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1972, “Please, Says Matt.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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