
- Date
- circa 1968-07
- Kind
- Business
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- commercetourismheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The July 1968 Beaver Beacon listed three businesses omitted from its prior seasonal report: Beaver Gems, operated by Mike and Jon Fogg and Robert Gillespie with gifts made from relics salvaged from nearby wrecks; Beaver Haven’s marine store and import gift shop; and Isabelle Southern’s Island Beauty Shop at the end of King’s Highway.
Evidence and limits
This is a grouped newspaper business notice. It does not provide registrations, inventories, ownership documents, or exact opening dates.
Sources
- Reports Beaver Gems, operated by Mike and Jon Fogg and Robert Gillespie with gifts made from salvaged wreck relics; Beaver Haven's marine store and import gift shop; and Isabelle Southern's Island Beauty Shop. It does not provide business registrations, inventories, ownership documents, or exact opening dates.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published business notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island businesses open a wreck-relic shop, marine store, and beauty shop, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-businesses-july-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1968, “New Businesses.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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