- Date
- 1971-03-17
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Followed by
- St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island, 1972
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityheritagetourism
- Within
- Saint James Harbor
Summary
Beaver Island’s March 17, 1971 St. Patrick’s Day celebration included a picnic at Beaver Haven, five snowmobile races on a roughly half-mile course laid out on harbor ice, a Parish Hall dinner, and a schoolchildren’s program of Irish songs and dances. The issue says the event’s success prompted plans for a larger program the following year.
Evidence and limits
The report lists machines and finishers but does not establish a formal race organization, rules, timing, vehicle registrations, or complete participant identities. The event is located at the harbor rather than assigned a surveyed course geometry.
Open questions
- Did the planned 1972 program occur, and are additional results available?
- What organization or volunteers maintained the race course and safety?
- Can the named snowmobiles and racers be matched to independent records?
See also
Sources
- Reports a March 17 celebration with a Beaver Haven picnic, five snowmobile races on a roughly half-mile harbor-ice course, named machines and finishers, a Parish Hall dinner, and a schoolchildren’s Irish-song and dance program; individual racers are not made into resolved person records here.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-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 · 1971-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick’s Day snowmobile races on Beaver Island, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-patricks-day-snowmobile-races-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “St. Patrick’s Day.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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