- Dates
- 2011-06-23 – 2011-06-25
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- sportsrecreationtourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 2011 Beacon announces the June 23-25 return of Bike the Beaver. It describes long and short routes, a registration fee with food and music, a Thursday dinner, a Friday beach party, and a Saturday Poker Run. The July issue reports more than 100 bikers, a sunny ride, poker-card stops, lunch at Wagner Campground, and an evening party.
Evidence limits
The July report confirms participation and the described activities, but gives no registration accounting or complete rider list.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2011, "Bike Festival."Announces June 23-25 long and short routes, including a thirty-mile long route, a June 23 dinner, Friday beach party, Saturday Poker Run, registration fee, food, music, and the first-250 free-shirt offer. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the festival announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, July 2011, Bike Festival report.Reports that more than 100 bikers rode around the Island on a sunny day, collected poker cards, used the routes and two-tracks, ate lunch at Wagner Campground, and continued into an evening 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 · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the post-event Bike Festival report and group photograph.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The Chamber of Commerce promotion gives the event schedule, Poker Run format, registration fee, lunch location, evening music, and sponsors. It is an institutional advertisement and establishes the planned program, not attendance or completion; the July Beacon supplies the outcome account.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003444
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island announces the 2011 Bike the Beaver festival”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bike-the-beaver-festival-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2011, "Bike Festival." (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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