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Ninety-year-old John Donk climbs Beaver Island's Big Rock

Also Big Rock Climbed by 90-year-old Man 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2005-08
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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Summary

The September 2005 Beaver Beacon reported that 90-year-old John Donk challenged family members to climb Beaver Island’s Big Rock near the old Fox Lake Road while visiting relatives.

Evidence limits

The light feature documents the newspaper’s account and photograph, not an identified elevation, route, or independently verified age.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2005, "Big Rock Climbed by 90-year-old man."
    Reports that 90-year-old John Donk challenged relatives to climb for the highest point near the old Fox Lake Road while visiting Beaver Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the community feature.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Ninety-year-old John Donk climbs Beaver Island's Big Rock”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-donk-big-rock-climb-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2005, "Big Rock Climbed by 90-year-old man." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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