- Date
- circa 1965-02
- Kind
- Business
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingmaritimeeconomyheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In early 1965, Charlie Martin and a crew revived the Beaver Island practice of cutting lake ice for the coming whitefish season. The cakes were sawed, hauled to a shed, and covered with sawdust; the Beaver Beacon says the work had not been done on the island since 1956.
Evidence and limits
The report documents a seasonal fishing-support activity and names a partial crew. It does not identify the cutting site, shed, payroll, quantity, or later ice supply.
Sources
- Reports Charlie Martin preparing an ice supply as whitefish returned to Lake Michigan, with Patsy Doney Gallagher, Joe Mafro, Gene Burke, Perry, Robert and Edward Palmer, and Emmett and Ernie Palmer. The cakes were sawed, trucked to a shed, and covered with sawdust; the notice says the practice had not been done on the island since 1956. It does not identify the exact cutting site, shed, payroll, or later supply.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-02_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island crew cuts and stores lake ice for the whitefish season, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ice-harvesting-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1965, “Holiday on Ice.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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