Name: Beaver Island residents return for spring while sailors prepare to leave, 1962
Start: 1962-03-26
End: 1962-04
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1962-03-26 – 1962-04
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitytourismmaritimeenvironment
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1962 Beaver Beacon marked spring with first robins on March 26, returning winter residents, sailors preparing to leave for shipboard work, and the return of seasonal commercial activity.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper community notice, not a complete migration or seasonal- residence census.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Signs of Spring.”
Reports first robins on March 26, returning winter residents Bert and Mary McDonough, Katie Connaghan, Maria Gallagher, and Art and Sybil Larsen, and sailor Earl Boyle beginning shipboard duties. It also records spring livestock and sales activity without a complete resident roster.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents return for spring while sailors prepare to leave, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spring-return-and-seasonal-departures-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Signs of Spring.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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