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Beaver Beacon reprints James Pooler’s “When Santa Missed the Boat,” 1970

Also “When Santa Missed the Boat for Beaver Island” December 1970 reprint

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TypeEvent
Date1970-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1970-12
Kind
Publication
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritageseasonal-lifecommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1970 Beaver Beacon reprinted James S. Pooler’s Christmas story “When Santa Missed the Boat for Beaver Island,” an Island-set account of winter isolation, handmade gifts, and community traditions.

Evidence and limits

This record documents the publication and its framing as a remembered story. It does not independently verify every historical episode in the reprint.

Sources

  1. Reprints Pooler’s Island-set Christmas story, introduced as a true story from his boyhood and framed around winter isolation, the mail boat, local crafts, and community Christmas traditions; the issue says Pooler had died since the previous printing.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reprinted publication.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reprints James Pooler’s “When Santa Missed the Boat,” 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-james-pooler-santa-missed-boat-reprint-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1970, “When Santa Missed the Boat for Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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