- Date
- 1974-08
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Sheldon R. Parker (participant)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationheritagemusic-folklorecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1974 Beaver Beacon publishes Sheldon Parker’s poem “The Shores of Beaver,” a nostalgic island text centered on departure, Saint James harbor, the ferry, and hoped-for return.
Evidence and limits
This is a publication and cultural-text record, not evidence of a particular departure, return, or complete authorship history beyond the printed byline.
Sources
- Publishes an island-themed poem by Sheldon Parker about leaving Beaver, memories of Saint James harbor and the ferry, and a hoped-for return. The poem is preserved as a newspaper cultural artifact; this record does not infer a biographical event or a complete literary chronology.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-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 · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Publication of “The Shores of Beaver”, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/the-shores-of-beaver-poem-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “The Shores Of Beaver,” by Sheldon Parker. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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