Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Colour scheme
Search

Event

Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island news from August 1906

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Date1906-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
Event
Date
1906-08
Kind
Publication
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
historypublicationheritagemaritimereligionweathercommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Joyce Bartels’s “One Hundred Years Ago” column republished August 1906 Charlevoix Sentinel news about Beaver Island resort life, a steamer excursion, a rustic fireplace, Protestant services, and Franciscan clergy, along with weather notes from F. Protar’s diary.

Sources

  1. Joyce Bartels, "One Hundred Years Ago," Beaver Beacon, August 2006.
    Quotes August 1906 Charlevoix Sentinel items about resorters, a stone fireplace, Protestant services, the steamer Beaver's excursion, and changes in the Franciscan clergy, with notes from F. Protar's diary about rain and thunderstorms. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the historical retrospective.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island news from August 1906”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-charlevoix-sentinel-august-1906-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing Joyce Bartels, "One Hundred Years Ago," Beaver Beacon, August 2006. (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.

BibTeX for “Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island news from August 1906”RIS for “Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island news from August 1906”