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Beaver Island Civic Association announces winter games, 1981

Also Beaver Island Winter Games 1981

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Locator map: Barney’s Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Barney’s LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1981-02-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Barney’s Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Barney’s LakeLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1981-02-28
Kind
Sports
Where
Barney’s Lake
Carried out by
Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Civic Association announced Winter Games for February 28, 1981, at Barney’s Lake. Planned events included snowmobiling, skating, skiing, sliding, fishing, children’s games, prizes, and an evening dance.

Evidence and limits

The February notice is an advance announcement. No held February source in this record confirms attendance, winners, or whether every planned activity occurred.

Sources

  1. Announces Winter Games at Barney’s Lake on February 28, from noon to 5 p.m., with snowmobiling, skating, skiing, sliding, fishing, prizes, children’s games, and an evening dance. The notice establishes the plan, not the event’s completion or results. 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 · 1981-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the event announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Civic Association announces winter games, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-games-announcement-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Civic Association notice, Beaver Beacon, February 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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