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Jean LaFreniere moves back to Charlevoix after decades on Beaver Island, 1988

Also Jean LaFreniere move 1988 · Dick LaFreniere Dockside Market history

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TypeEvent
Date1988-07-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1988-07-17
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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migrationfamilymaritimecommercecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1988 Beaver Beacon reports Jean LaFreniere’s move from Beaver Island back to Charlevoix and recalls her family’s long island history, including the grocery store and dock, fish shipments, airport work, and Dick LaFreniere’s conservation and civic activities.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective community profile, not a complete property, business, maritime, or biographical record.

Sources

  1. Recounts Jean and Dick LaFreniere’s grocery-store, fish-shipping dock, airport, and community history and reports Jean’s move to Charlevoix Manor, with a July 17 farewell dinner. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Jean LaFreniere moves back to Charlevoix after decades on Beaver Island, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jean-lafreniere-moves-to-charlevoix-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Jean LaFreniere…Is Moving Back to Charlevoix,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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