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Aerial photographs document Beaver Island’s sand spits, construction, and shoreline in May 2003

Also Beaver Island aerial photography May 25 2003 · Anderson Aerial Photography Beaver Island

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Date2003-05-25
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ErasModern era
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Summary

On May 25, 2003, Jeff Cashman flew with Jim Anderson to photograph Beaver Island’s new sand spits, construction, shoreline, the Acacia, High Island, and the Island from high altitude. The images supported the Beacon cover, planned postcards, and the developing peaine.org website.

Evidence limits

The article describes a photographic flight and intended uses, not a complete aerial survey, orthophoto dataset, or independently measured shoreline change.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “A Spring Aerial.”
    Describes a May 25 flight with Jim Anderson to photograph new sand spits, construction, the Acacia, High Island, and Beaver Island for the Beacon cover, postcards, and the developing peaine.org website. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the aerial-photography report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Aerial photographs document Beaver Island’s sand spits, construction, and shoreline in May 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-aerial-photography-may-25-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2003, “A Spring Aerial.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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