- Date
- circa 1975-04
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Bicentennial Committee
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagegovernancetourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1975 Beaver Beacon reports that the St. James Township Board agreed to make a property parcel available for a proposed Bicentennial Heritage Park. A 99-year lease was being arranged, conditioned on development within five years. The July issue later reports a completed Township–Historical Society land transaction and a planned sign for Mabel and A. J. Roy Heritage Park; that completion-stage report is held in a separate event.
Evidence and limits
This article preserves the April proposal-stage evidence. The July completion report does not supply the executed instrument, surveyed parcel, completed park, relocation, restoration, or proof that the sign was erected.
Sources
- Reports that members of the Bicentennial Committee requested St. James Township property for a Heritage Park, that the Board agreed, and that a 99-year lease was being arranged with a five-year development condition. It locates the property north of Donegal Bay Road, near the King’s Highway and within walking distance of the Museum, and describes hoped-for fencing, relocated log buildings, restoration, and artifacts. It does not provide an executed lease, survey, parcel number, construction record, or completed park. 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 · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the Township agreement report, location description, lease term, and development condition.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that the Township completed a transaction with the Historical Society to lease land for Heritage Park and that a Mabel and A. J. Roy Heritage Park sign would soon be erected. This later report is modeled as a separate completion-stage event. 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 · 1975-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the completion report. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claimsdata1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Heritage Park property made available for Beaver Island Bicentennial project, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bicentennial-heritage-park-lease-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1975, “Bicentennial Report.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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