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Beaver Island forum preserves a 2017 total-eclipse observation

Also Beaver Island solar eclipse August 2017

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Date2017-08-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
2017-08-21
Kind
Astronomical observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
astronomycommunityweather-ice-and-winter-isolation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

On August 21, 2017, a Beaver Island forum participant shared a video of the solar eclipse recorded from Main Street during the reported peak.

Evidence limits

This is a participant media report. The local archive does not independently verify the video’s timestamp, location, or viewing conditions.

Sources

  1. The participant posted a video said to have been recorded from Main Street during the eclipse peak. The archived thread preserves the report and external video link, not an independently verified image time or exact viewing conditions.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012177

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island forum preserves a 2017 total-eclipse observation”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-total-solar-eclipse-observation-2017/, accessed [date], citing Bob Tidmore, “Eclipse from the island,” Beaver Island Forum, August 21, 2017..

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