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The May 2003 Beacon revisits Beaver Island news from May 1903

Also Beaver Island May 1903 historical news · spring fishing and church news

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TypeEvent
Dates1903-05-14 – 1903-05-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1903-05-14 – 1903-05-31
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May 2003 historical column revisits 1903 items about spring fishing, summer trade, church and Sunday School visitors, lightkeepers, mail and navigation, and Beaver Island business and community life.

Evidence limits

This is a later transcription and summary, not the original Charlevoix Sentinel pages.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.”
    Summarizes spring fishing preparations, summer trade, church and school news, lightkeeper and mail developments, and Island visitors from the Charlevoix Sentinel. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the May 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The May 2003 Beacon revisits Beaver Island news from May 1903”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-may-1903/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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