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Woollam Foundation proposes a natural park beside Beaver Island's Municipal Marina

Also Beaver Island Bonadeo property natural park proposal 2013

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TypeEvent
Date2013-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2013-11
Kind
Property transfer
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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conservationpropertyrecreationgovernment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that the Woollam Foundation proposed buying the 0.65-acre Bonadeo property, formerly the Beaver Boat-tique site, removing the building, placing a conservation easement on the land, and donating it to the Township as a natural park beside the Municipal Marina. The proposal included no dockage or parking, and remained subject to an unresolved request for boat slips.

Evidence limits

The source documents a proposal and the Township’s favorable response, not a completed purchase, donation, or park opening.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2013, "News from the Townships."
    Reports the Woollam Foundation's offer to buy the 0.65-acre former Beaver Boat-tique property, remove the building, add sod and a conservation easement, and donate the site to the Township as a natural park without dockage or parking; an unresolved request for boat slips remained. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held December issue scan confirms the park proposal.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Woollam Foundation proposes a natural park beside Beaver Island's Municipal Marina”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bonadeo-property-natural-park-proposal-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2013, "News from the Townships." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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