- Date
- 1948-05-28
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- North Fox Island · South Fox Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Herald reported Conservation Department observations of extensive ground-hemlock stands on North and South Fox islands; the article is evidence of a stated study, not a complete botanical inventory.
Evidence and limits
Everything here comes from a page of the Charlevoix County Herald, 28 May 1948. Nothing in it has been checked against an agency or a vessel record.
anied by ing they were occupying from Mrs-| brother | Force | July 9, 1946, with rating “of Seaman | ‘Lester attended the East Jondan ‘ the Chemical plant and Iron Furnace) Surviving are their. mother, ‘Mrs. | spe eet ge 5 Michigan Dry Cleaners. All work | Men’s ead gon were guests of relatives in town | lin. 22-1 iGround Hemlock Stands x 1.) ; Thrives o - Distinctive DeMilo Diamonds, J.| The Healey Hardware A es on Fox Island R. Porter, watchmaker, R.R. Bldg., Now Owned. by : ‘Boyne City, Michigan. Open Satur- Wade and Eva Healey Acre after acre of hip-high stands sof ground. hemlock on North «and “South: Fox islands are -cited by I. H. ‘Bartlett and L. A. Davenport of the :conservation department’s game divi- Esion as: an example of how trees and | shrubs will thrive in this region when inot browsed. by deer. On North Manitou island, a Few ‘miles to th
Open questions
- Does a second source from 1948 report the same thing?
- Do the people or the vessel named here leave records of their own?
See also
Sources
- Fox corpus context SHA-256 2805c540a9fa13070894ac8235cb9107dc4d0d2806641e3a862d31e37f8b965b. The Herald reported Conservation Department observations of extensive ground-hemlock stands on North and South Fox islands; the article is evidence of a stated study, not a complete botanical inventory. This record preserves reported or retrospective status and does not add unnamed participants, coordinates, or outcomes.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Conservation Department ground-hemlock study on the Fox Islands, 1948”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/ground-hemlock-study-on-fox-islands-1948/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, 1948-05-28..
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