- Dates
- 2010-06-25 – 2010-06-27
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- sportstourismrecreationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce and Beacon announced a new Bike Festival for June 25–27, 2010. The published route information describes a full 32-mile ride and a 17-mile alternative, with a June 26 start at Jewell Gillespie Park and lunch at Bill Wagner Campground.
Evidence limits
The sources establish the planned event and route details but do not, in this record, establish registration totals, attendance, or the final event outcome. The Chamber forum post is an institutional promotion reproduced on the forum, not an independent completion report.
Sources
- The Chamber announced entry forms for the first Bike Festival, listed six sponsors, and directed off-island applicants to online registration. This documents early registration promotion, not registration totals or attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002272
- Beaver Beacon, March 2010, “Bike the Beaver”.Announces a new Beaver Island Bike Festival for June 25–27, describing riding routes, scenery, historic sites, a beach picnic, and a downtown after-party. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held March issue scan confirms the Bike Festival announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, June 2010, “Bike Festival”.Provides a 32-mile full route, a 17-mile alternative, lunch at Bill Wagner Campground, and a start at Jewell Gillespie Park on June 26. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held June issue scan confirms the route and event details.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Chamber of Commerce announcement describes the festival as a new event and directs readers to registration information. It also announces the second annual September marathon and its new course map. The post establishes promotion, not attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002191
- The Chamber announced online registration and free shirts for the first 250 registrants, and listed early sponsors. This is registration promotion, not a final registration or attendance count.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002233
- The Chamber supplied a route-guide link and identified the Chamber, McDonough’s Market, Emerald Isle Hotel, Beaver Island Boat Company, Fresh Air Aviation, and Island Airways as sponsors. This is an institutional promotion and does not establish attendance or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002417
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island announces its first Bike Festival for June 25–27, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bike-festival-announced-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce, “Entry Forms - Beaver Island Bike Fest - Sat June 26,” Beaver Island Forum, March 29–30, 2010. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).
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