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“Beaver Damns” concludes the 1945 Charlevoix Courier reprint series, 1977

Also Beaver Tales Beaver Damns · Steve Stephenson Beaver Damns

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Dates1945-06-06 – 1977-06
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Summary

The June 1977 Beaver Beacon concludes its reprint of “Beaver Damns” by “Steve” Stephenson, identified as a June 6, 1945 Charlevoix Courier article. The concluding section mixes fishing, visitors, local humor, and island anecdote.

Evidence and limits

This is a 1977 republication of a cited 1945 newspaper article. The original Charlevoix Courier issue and complete source provenance are not held here.

Sources

  1. Concludes the reprint of “Beaver Damns” by “Steve” Stephenson from the Charlevoix Courier of June 6, 1945. The column discusses island fishing, visitors, local humor, and a dispute over fishing nets. The original 1945 newspaper issue is not held here. 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 · 1977-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the retrospective reprint continuation.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, ““Beaver Damns” concludes the 1945 Charlevoix Courier reprint series, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-tales-beaver-damns-1945-reprint-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1977, “Beaver Tales: Beaver Damns.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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