Name: Thirty-two wild turkeys are transported to Beaver Island, 1962
Start: 1962-08
End: 1962-10
Location: Beaver Island

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

Dates: 1962-08 – 1962-10
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Game Club
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironmenttransportation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club purchased thirty-two thirteen-week-old wild turkeys from Pennsylvania in 1962. After express-shipment and aircraft problems, the birds were flown to Beaver Island through the Conservation Department’s arrangements. The October Beacon says they arrived in good condition.

Evidence and limits

The account documents transport and an early outcome, not a later flock census or verified population establishment.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 1962, “Sporting News.”
Reports the Game Club purchasing 32 thirteen-week-old birds in Pennsylvania, delays in express shipment, an undersized Conservation airplane, and eventual transport to Beaver Island by a rented twin-engine aircraft; one bird was later taken by a coyote.
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Beaver Beacon, September 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-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 Beacon, October 1962, “News from the Game Club.”
Reports that the 32 turkeys arrived in good condition and that birds brought the previous fall had produced young.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-10_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, October 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-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.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Thirty-two wild turkeys are transported to Beaver Island, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-turkey-transport-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1962, “Sporting News.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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