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Summary
Bill Whelan was named in the January 1961 report of a Yachtsman of the Year honor and a trophy from Chicago Mayor Daley. A Michigan City Yacht Club chronology records the death in 1961 of a Bill Whelan known in Chicago yachting.
Evidence and limits
The two sources align on name, year, and Chicago-yachting context, but neither supplies a fuller civil identity or an exact death date. The 1961 death year is therefore retained as probable rather than established.
The dated record
Sources
- Calls Bill Whelan “King of all the Beavers,” reports a Yachtsman of the Year honor and a trophy from Chicago Mayor Daley, and says he promoted Beaver Island to visiting yachtsmen. It supplies no fuller civil identity.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-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 · 1961-01_Beaver-Beacon
- Its 1961 chronology says that Bill Whelan, a well-known and loved personality in Chicago yachting, died. The matching name, Chicago-yachting context, and year make this a probable identification with the Beaver Beacon subject, but the secondary club history supplies neither a fuller name nor an exact death date.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Bill Whelan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/bill-whelan/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Hoy There! Come Aboard and Listen.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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