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Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island mail and winter reports from March 1907, 2007

Also Fears for Safety March 1907

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TypeEvent
Date2007-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2007-03
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Summary

The March 2007 Beaver Beacon’s historical section republished March 1907 reports about mail carriers Willie Gibson and Raymond McDonald, whose sleigh trip toward Cross Village was threatened by broken channel ice. The reports placed them temporarily on Garden Island before they were taken off by boat.

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This is a later newspaper transcription of historical reports; it should be checked against the cited Sentinel issue for complete context.

Sources

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Sources

  1. "Fears for Safety," Beaver Beacon, March 2007.
    Reprints Charlevoix Sentinel reports about Willie Gibson and Raymond McDonald traveling by sleigh for mail, broken channel ice, temporary safety on Garden Island, and their later rescue by boat. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the historical report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island mail and winter reports from March 1907, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-march-2007-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing "Fears for Safety," Beaver Beacon, March 2007. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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