Name: Beaver Beacon's November 2005 On This Date column revisits Island history
Start: 2005-11
End: 2005-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-11
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: publicationhistoryheritagecommunitycommunicationeducationinfrastructuretransportationhealthcarerecreationenvironment
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2005 Beaver Beacon’s “On This Date” column revisited Island news from ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty years earlier. Its subjects included junk vehicles, the Dalwhinnie, cormorants, township organization, ferry service, school and community facilities, hunting, and the beginnings of the Historical Society.

Evidence limits

This record documents the 2005 retrospective publication. The older claims should be checked against the cited earlier Beacon issues or underlying records before being treated as independently established.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2005, "On This Date."
Recalls earlier Island reporting on junk cars, the Dalwhinnie, cormorants, township consolidation, ferry service, school and community facilities, hunting, the Historical Society, and related local history from ten through fifty years earlier. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held November issue scan confirms the retrospective column.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon's November 2005 On This Date column revisits Island history”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-november-2005-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2005, "On This Date." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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