- Date
- 1958-09
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationrecreationtourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
William Button and 53 Scouts and leaders held a ten-day scouting event at the Forestry Division campsite on Beaver Island in 1958. The notice says Tom Ricca was sunburned.
Evidence limits
The notice does not provide a roster, exact dates, itinerary, camp records, or medical documentation.
Sources
- Reports William Button of Royal Oak and 53 Scouts and leaders enjoying a ten-day scouting event at the Forestry Division campsite; it mentions one casualty, Tom Ricca, who was sunburned. It does not provide a roster, dates beyond the ten-day duration, camp records, itinerary, or medical record. 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 · 1958-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the scouting-event notice; it does not expand the youth, camp, or medical record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fifty-three Boy Scouts hold a ten-day Beaver Island camp, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boy-scouts-forestry-camp-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1958, “BOY SCOUTS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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