- Active
- fl. 1945
- Work
- Conservation worker
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimefishingconservationheritage
Summary
Richard “Dick” Lahti appears in the June 1945 Beaver Island feature as a conservation worker associated with the patrol narrative. The article says he had previously served seven years on Isle Royale before the great forest fire.1
Evidence and limits
The source supplies no age, agency record, residence, or exact assignment on Patrol No. 1. His identity is kept episode-qualified, and the article’s brief career reference is not expanded into a separate Isle Royale record.
Open questions
- What was Lahti’s conservation appointment and later career?
- Which Isle Royale fire and agency records correspond to the feature’s reference?
See also
Footnotes
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Charlevoix County Herald, June 29, 1945, “BEAVER ISLAND — Islands have a way of doing things to people.” ↩
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, June 29, 1945, “BEAVER ISLAND — Islands have a way of doing things to people.”Introduces Richard “Dick” Lahti as a conservation worker and says he had served seven years on Isle Royale before the great forest fire. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Richard Lahti”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/richard-lahti/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, June 29, 1945, “BEAVER ISLAND — Islands have a way of doing things to people.”.
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