- Dates
- 1997-05 – 1997
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Cable's Creek
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationinfrastructureconservationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Doug Tilly and Vince Pickhardt rebuilt the Cable’s Creek hiking-trail footbridge in spring 1997, replacing it with a more stable arched bridge. The Trails, Parks, and Campgrounds Committee also planned a wooden walkway through the swamp at Johnny Martin’s Trail so the trail system could connect Hannigan’s Road with Lake Geneserath for foot and ski travel.
Evidence limits
The report establishes the bridge work and planned walkway but does not provide construction dates, costs, surveys, or proof that the walkway was completed.
Open questions
- Was the planned wooden walkway through the swamp at Johnny Martin’s Trail ever built, connecting Hannigan’s Road to Lake Geneserath?
- Does the arched bridge Tilly and Pickhardt built at Cable’s Creek in 1997 survive today, or has it since been replaced?
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Sources
- Reports Doug Tilly and Vince Pickhardt replacing the Cable's Creek footbridge with a more stable arched bridge, and describes a planned wooden walkway through the swamp at Johnny Martin's Trail to connect the trail system from Hannigan's Road toward Lake Geneserath. 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 · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the trail-bridge and walkway report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island rebuilds the Cable’s Creek hiking-trail footbridge and plans a swamp walkway in 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cables-creek-bridge-trail-improvement-1997/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1997, “Cable's Creek Bridge.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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