- Dates
- 2010-01 – 2010-04
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationconstructionheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island Community School teacher Adam Richards proposed a hands-on class to replicate an 18-foot wooden skiff associated with local fishing history. The Historical Society offered materials and local boatbuilders offered support; the proposed project included a construction video and a sailing test.
Evidence limits
This records a proposed class, not enrollment, construction completion, a launch, or the later fate of the replica.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2010, "Let's Build a Boat."Reports students moving Big Art Larsen's skiff, a proposed boat-building class, Historical Society materials, local mentors, a construction video, and a planned sailing test. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the proposed boat-building class.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School considers a student-built historical skiff class, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-wooden-boat-class-proposal-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2010, "Let's Build a Boat." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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