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St. James Township reviews trails, Whiskey Point Light, and yacht-dock permits

Also St. James Township reviews trails · Whiskey Point Light · and yacht-dock permits

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TypeEvent
Date2004-02-04
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ErasModern era
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2004-02-04
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Summary

At its February 4, 2004 meeting, St. James Township addressed trail grooming, Whiskey Point Light planning, board appointments, and DNR variances that allowed the Yacht Dock improvements to proceed without redesign.

Evidence limits

This is a short newspaper summary rather than the complete township minutes or permit file.

Open questions

  • What specific trail-grooming action did the township take at this meeting, and which trails were groomed?
  • What DNR variance allowed the Yacht Dock improvements to proceed, and is that variance documented anywhere in the archive?

If you can answer any of these, or correct anything above, the archive wants to hear it — see Corrections.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2004, “News from the Townships: St. James Township 2-4-04”.
    Reports appointments, ski-trail grooming, Whiskey Point Light information, DNR variances for Yacht Dock improvements, and the brief regular meeting. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the March 2004 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township reviews trails, Whiskey Point Light, and yacht-dock permits”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-february-4-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2004, “News from the Townships: St. James Township 2-4-04”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-07. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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