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Lansing Girl Scout troop camps at Beaver Island State Forest grounds, 1961

Also Troop 361 Beaver Island camp

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TypeEvent
Date1961-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1961-06
Kind
Education
Where
Beaver Island
Along road
East Side Drive
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationtourismcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Ten Girl Scouts and three leaders from Lansing Troop 361 camped at Beaver Island’s State Forest Camp Grounds on East Side Drive during the second week of June 1961.

Evidence and limits

The brief notice gives no names, itinerary, or camp records.

Sources

  1. Reports ten Girl Scouts and three leaders from Troop 361 of Lansing camping at the State Forest Camp Grounds on East Side Drive during the second week of June. It does not name the scouts or leaders or provide camp records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lansing Girl Scout troop camps at Beaver Island State Forest grounds, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/lansing-girl-scouts-beaver-island-camp-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “Girl Scouts.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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