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The Beaver Beacon reprints October 1909 shipping, fishing, and Island notices

Also Beaver Island October 1909 one hundred years ago

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TypeEvent
Date1909-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern eraHistorical era
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Date
1909-10
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Publication
Where
Beaver Island
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Modern eraHistorical era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2009 Beaver Beacon reprinted October 1909 notices about Island travel and residents, cedar and pea shipments, perch fishing, vessel repairs and groundings, lighthouse work, and the recovery and burial of a body found on High Island.

Evidence limits

This is a 2009 reprint of older newspaper material and does not independently verify the original reports or identities.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago."
    Reprints October 1909 notices about residents, cedar and pea shipments, perch fishing, vessel repairs and groundings, lighthouse work, and a body recovered from High 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 · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints October 1909 shipping, fishing, and Island notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-october-1909/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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