- Date
- circa 1967-04
- Kind
- Migration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimemigrationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1967 Beaver Beacon reported Archie Minor and Don Burke leaving for Great Lakes ships and listed residents returning to Beaver Island after winter, including members of the Gallagher, Bonner, McDonough, and Floyd families.
Evidence and limits
This is a community travel and employment notice, not a crew list, census, passenger manifest, or complete seasonal-movement history.
Sources
- Reports Archie Minor and Don Burke leaving for named Great Lakes ships and lists Maria Gallagher, Katie Connaghan, Rose and Pat Bonner, Matt Melville, Lillian and John Gallagher, Mary and Bert McDonough, Stanley Floyd, and Raymond Lewis among winter returners; it is not a crew manifest, census, or complete seasonal-movement record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published sailor and returner notices; it does not expand the source-specific identity, employment, or movement claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island sailors depart and winter residents return, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spring-sailors-and-returners-april-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1967, “Off to the Seas” and “And Home Again.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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