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Isle Haven Tourist Court

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Summary

The Isle Haven Tourist Court was an island seasonal lodging business named in the February 1960 Beaver Beacon. The issue connects it with Archie LaFreniere, two planned deluxe units, and winter guests who fished, hunted, and took a sleigh ride.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a deed, permit, exact address, founding date, or complete guest register. The business is kept as a source-qualified record and is not silently merged with other island lodging names.

Open questions

  • What property, business, and later advertising records document Isle Haven?

See also

Sources

  1. Names the Isle Haven Tourist Court, reports two deluxe units nearly completed for May 1 occupancy, and describes guests, fishing, and winter sleigh rides. It does not establish a founding date, legal owner, or complete operating history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-02_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 · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The current Chamber listing identifies an Isle Haven Resort at a 37716 Isle Haven address and describes four efficiency apartments near the harbor beach. It establishes a current road/address setting for the same name, not legal continuity with the 1960 tourist court or a complete ownership history.
  4. Current listing gives 37716 Isle Haven, Unit 5. The address was resolved through the embedded Google Maps address point; this is an address-level proxy and does not establish continuity between the 1960 tourist court and the present resort.

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Isle Haven Tourist Court”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/isle-haven-tourist-court-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1960, “Archie LaFreniere.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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