- Date
- 1932-12-05
- Kind
- Closure
- Where
- South Fox Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimelighthousesheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Herald’s statewide navigation notice lists South Fox Island among lights scheduled to stop on 5 December, distinguishing this seasonal operational notice from a permanent closure.
Evidence and limits
Everything here comes from a page of the Charlevoix County Herald, 25 November 1932. Nothing in it has been checked against an agency or a vessel record.
is revealed in an unofficial canvass. First checks will be placed: in the mails Nov. 21, although Dec. 1 will be the day for labor. : Lansing—State Treasurer Howard ! Eee distribution, | Harbor Springs—The lighthouse on ! Harbor Point, called Little Traverse Light, will close for the season Dec, 10. Petoskey and Old Mission Point lights will be discontinued Dee. 1. St. Helena, White Shoals, Lansing Shoals, Ile Aux Galets and South Fox Island stop Dec. 5, and Beaver Islend and: Grand Traverse Dec. 15. Pontiac
Christmas Club denositors in Pontiac will receive $57,000 on Dec. 5, officials of the First National Bank announced. However, this amount is “0 groups.’ -16, 20). JUNIOR TOPIC _ Following Leader. INTERMEDIATE. AND SHNIOR TOP- IC—Serying God Where. We Ate. : YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- 1CLiving as God’s Stewards. the By stewardship of life ig meant
Open questions
- Does a second source from 1932 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 ce58486213ddd097036a20f7422f0d90767492f0dab631124d1109c38c51a0e8. The Herald’s statewide navigation notice lists South Fox Island among lights scheduled to stop on 5 December, distinguishing this seasonal operational notice from a permanent closure. 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, “Seasonal closure of South Fox Island light, 1932”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/south-fox-light-seasonal-closure-1932/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, 1932-11-25..
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