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Bill Cashman recounts a winter walk through Beaver Island woods

Also A Walk in the Woods · Bill Cashman lost winter walk 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-01-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

On January 2, 2004, Bill Cashman took a winter walk through woods and bogs near Round Lake, lost his intended direction after dark, and eventually returned to the road and home with his wife’s help.

Evidence limits

This is a first-person newspaper account, not a surveyed route or formal lost-person incident report.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 2004, “A Walk in the Woods”.
    Bill Cashman recounts a four-mile January 2 walk through woods, bogs, and trails near Round Lake after losing his intended direction at dusk and returning with his wife’s help. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the first-person account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Bill Cashman recounts a winter walk through Beaver Island woods”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-walk-bill-cashman-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2004, “A Walk in the Woods”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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