Name: St. James Township board secures a lighthouse lease and names Aranmore Park on October 4, 2000
Start: 2000-10-04
End: 2000-10-04
Location: Township of Saint James

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Event

Date: 2000-10-04
Kind: Meeting
Where: Township of Saint James
Carried out by: Township of Saint James
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governanceheritagetransportationemergency-managementcommunication
Within: Township of Saint James

Summary

At its October 4, 2000 meeting, the St. James Township Board received a signed ten-year renewable Coast Guard lease for the lighthouse and approved naming the old power-plant area Aranmore Park. It also handled fuel-oil and snowplowing bids and requested a full-time seasonal deputy for the following summer.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper summary rather than the township’s full minutes. It records the reported lease and naming action without reproducing the lease or surveying the park boundary.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2000, “Briefly, The Minutes: St. James Township Regular Board Meeting held October 4.”
Reports a signed ten-year Coast Guard lighthouse lease, fuel-oil and snowplowing bids, a request for a full-time seasonal deputy, and board approval to name the old power-plant area Aranmore Park. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2000, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the published minutes summary.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township board secures a lighthouse lease and names Aranmore Park on October 4, 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-october-4-2000-meeting/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2000, “Briefly, The Minutes: St. James Township Regular Board Meeting held October 4.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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