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Peaine Township installs an emergency call tower at Iron Ore Beach, 2022

Also Iron Ore Beach emergency call tower

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Locator map: Iron Ore Bay highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Date2022-06-03
WithinIron Ore Bay
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Iron Ore Bay highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Iron Ore BayLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
2022-06-03
Kind
Infrastructure installation
Where
Iron Ore Bay
Carried out by
Peaine Township Board of Trustees
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
public-safetyinfrastructureemergency-response
Within
Iron Ore Bay

Summary

In June 2022, a forum project update reported installation of an emergency call tower at Iron Ore Beach. The post described a red-button 911 connection and a blue-light strobe intended to help responders locate callers where cell service is unreliable. It also reported a plan for a second tower at the Bill Wagner Campground.

Evidence limits

The source supports the reported installation and intended function, but does not provide a procurement record, inspection, maintenance history, independent confirmation of the connection, or proof that the second tower was installed.

Sources

  1. A forum post relayed as a township project update says an emergency call tower had been installed at Iron Ore Beach, describes its red-button 911 connection and blue-light locator, and says Peaine Township planned another tower at the Bill Wagner Campground. It is a participant/organizer account rather than an installation contract, inspection record, or independent emergency-services log.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017186

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township installs an emergency call tower at Iron Ore Beach, 2022”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-iron-ore-bay-emergency-call-tower-installed-2022/, accessed [date], citing Pam Grassmick, “Iron Ore Bay - Emergency Call Tower,” Beaver Island Forum, June 3, 2022..

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