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Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association proposes a Whiskey Point deed ceremony, 2005

Also Invitation to Gail Norton 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005
WithinWhiskey Point
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2005
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
lighthousesheritagegovernancecommunitycommunication
Within
Whiskey Point

Summary

The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association proposed an Island ceremony for the anticipated transfer of the Whiskey Point Lighthouse deed to St. James Township. Dick Moehl imagined participation by the Mackinaw, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, and Beaver Island students, while the Historical Society planned to explain the deed process during Museum Week.

Evidence limits

This is a proposal and invitation, not evidence that the deed ceremony occurred or that the named officials attended.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 2005, "An Invitation to Gail Norton."
    Reports Dick Moehl''s proposal to celebrate transfer of the Whiskey Point Lighthouse deed to St. James Township, possibly with Secretary Gale Norton, the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, and Island schoolchildren. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the proposed ceremony and Museum Week planning.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association proposes a Whiskey Point deed ceremony, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-whiskey-point-lighthouse-deed-celebration-proposal-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2005, "An Invitation to Gail Norton." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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