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Beaver Island residents return from wintering on the mainland, 1969

Also April 1969 Beaver Island returning residents

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TypeEvent
Date1969-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1969-04
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
migrationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1969 Beaver Beacon listed island-connected people returning to Beaver and High Islands after wintering on the mainland, including the Gallagher, Reigle, Connaghan, Bonner, Martin, Wittcomb, and Roy families.

Evidence and limits

This is a partial community notice, not a travel record or complete seasonal return register.

Sources

  1. Lists Maria Gallagher, Marie and L. Z. Reigle, Kate Connaghan, Lillian and John Gallagher, Pat and Rosie Bonner, Ada Martin, the Wittcomb family on High Island, and A. J. Roy returning after winter on the mainland; it is a partial community notice, not a travel record or complete return register.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published seasonal-return notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents return from wintering on the mainland, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-returning-birds-april-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1969, “Returning Birds.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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