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Archipelago Trails Association announces Blue Trail clearing, 2017

Also Blue Trail work session 2017

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Locator map: Blue Trail highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Blue TrailLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date2017-10-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Blue Trail highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Blue TrailLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
2017-10-05
Kind
Trail maintenance
Where
Blue Trail
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
recreationconservationvolunteeringtrails
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Archipelago Trails Association announced a volunteer clearing session for the Blue Trail on October 5, 2017, beginning near the south-end lighthouse.

Evidence limits

This is a planning notice. The archive does not establish that the session occurred or how much trail was cleared.

Open questions

  • Did the October 5, 2017 Blue Trail clearing session take place, and how much of the trail was opened?
  • What did the required DNR release describe about the trail’s legal status on state land? No copy of the release is in the archive.

If you can answer any of these, or correct anything above, the archive wants to hear it — see Corrections.

Sources

  1. The Association announced an October 5 clearing session beginning at the south-end lighthouse, with safety orientation and DNR releases required before work. It documents planned trail work, not completion or the final trail condition.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012344
  2. A follow-up reminder repeated the October 5 work-session date, meeting location, safety orientation, and tools information. It remains evidence of the planned session rather than proof that the work occurred.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012368

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Archipelago Trails Association announces Blue Trail clearing, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-blue-trail-clearing-announcement-2017/, accessed [date], citing Louis, “Come help open up the Blue Trail,” Beaver Island Forum, September 28, 2017. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-07. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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