- Date
- 1959-04
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1959 Beaver Beacon humor column says Walt Wogan briefly lost his way while running traps in the woods, despite having lived on Beaver Island for about fourteen years.
Evidence limits
This is a humorous newspaper item, not a rescue report, location record, or independent account.
Sources
- Reports that Walt Wogan, a Beaver Island resident for about fourteen years, zigged when he should have zagged while running traps and temporarily did not know which way to turn. It does not provide a rescue report, exact location, compass record, or independent account. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the humorous navigation report; it does not expand the incident record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Walt Wogan briefly loses his way while checking traps, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-walt-wogan-lost-in-woods-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1959, “I’M LOST.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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