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Former Beaver Lodge owners visit Beaver Island before an Alaska trip, 1958

Also 1958 Johnston Beaver Lodge visit

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Dates1958-06 – 1958-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1958-06 – 1958-07
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
migrationtourismcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1958 Beaver Beacon reports former Beaver Lodge owners and operators visiting Beaver Island for three days and Evelyn Johnston planning a two-year trip to Alaska.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief visitor and travel notice. It does not provide travel records, ownership documents, or a complete family and residence history.

Sources

  1. Reports Art, Dorothy, Susan, and Mrs. Evelyn Johnston, former Beaver Lodge owners and operators, visiting the island for three days in June, and says Mrs. Johnston planned a two-year trip to Alaska in July. It does not provide travel records, ownership records, or a complete family and residence history. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the visitor and travel notice; it does not expand the tourism or migration record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Former Beaver Lodge owners visit Beaver Island before an Alaska trip, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beaver-lodge-former-owners-visit-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1958, “EX-ISLANDERS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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