- Date
- circa 1977-01
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationcommunityenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1977 Beaver Beacon’s “Snow Tracks” column reports two anonymous snowmobile mishaps: one on Mount Pisgah’s steep western slope and another in thin ice between Donegal Bay and High Island.
Evidence and limits
The item is a local newspaper anecdote that deliberately omits the names of those involved. It supplies no incident report, rescue log, damage account, precise date, or independent confirmation.
Sources
- Recounts an unnamed snowmobiler descending the steep back side of Mount Pisgah and walking to town, and another whose machine broke through thin ice between Donegal Bay and High Island before both rider and machine were recovered. The column withholds names and provides no incident report, rescue log, damage record, or precise dates. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the anonymous “Snow Tracks” accounts.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island winter snowmobile incidents reported, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-snowmobile-incidents-winter-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1977, “Snow Tracks.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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