Name: Beaver Island hosts a hot-air-balloon visit, 2011
Start: 2011-09-07
End: 2011-09-10
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2011-09-07 – 2011-09-10
Kind: Tourism event
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: tourismrecreationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

In September 2011, Grand Traverse Balloons brought a hot-air balloon to Beaver Island for a proposed series of tethering, evening-glow, and possible flight activities. Forum follow-ups report school-area activity, children receiving rides, and a Friday evening event near Whiskey Point or the church beach. Wind prevented at least one planned Saturday activity.

Evidence limits

The forum documents the visit and participant experience, but not the exact number of rides, a completed free flight, or a formal event organizer’s report.

Sources

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Sources

Butch Hogarth and participants, "Hot air balloons on beaver island," and follow-ups, Beaver Island Forum, July 24–September 10, 2011.
The proposal described a possible September or October visit by Grand Traverse Balloons, with tethering and a flight toward the mainland subject to wind and logistics.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003789
Butch Hogarth and participants, "Put the balloon truck on the barge today," "Balloon tonite at the beach 7 pm," and "sept 10 no balloon today," Beaver Island Forum, September 7–10, 2011.
Follow-ups report the balloon truck arriving, a school-area activity, a Friday evening balloon event near Whiskey Point or the church beach, children receiving rides, and a Saturday cancellation or delay because of wind. These are participant reports and do not establish a completed free flight.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004043
Butch Hogarth and participants, "Balloon tonite at the beach 7 pm," Beaver Island Forum, September 9–10, 2011, topic 4059.
Participants reported a Friday evening balloon activity, school-area rides, and a Saturday cancellation or delay because of wind. The community follow-up confirms local participation but not a free flight or a complete ride count.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004059
Beaver Beacon, October 2011, "Gas Giant Nears Earth."
The later Beacon reports schoolchildren's participation, lift-off demonstrations, rides near the Convent, and a possible future balloon festival. It supplies a stronger retrospective account than the forum's informal event chatter.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hosts a hot-air-balloon visit, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hot-air-balloon-visit-2011/, accessed [date], citing Butch Hogarth and participants, "Hot air balloons on beaver island," and follow-ups, Beaver Island Forum, July 24–September 10, 2011. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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