Name: Beaver Island high-school students visit Charlevoix Homecoming, 1971
Start: 1971-10-22
End: 1971-10-23
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island high-school students visit Charlevoix Homecoming, 1971

Also 1971 Beaver Island school Charlevoix Homecoming trip

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TypeEvent

Dates1971-10-22 – 1971-10-23

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1971-10-22 – 1971-10-23
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationcommunitymigration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On October 22–23, 1971, Beaver Island students in grades 9–12 traveled to Charlevoix for Homecoming activities, stayed with local hosts, attended a football game and dance, and returned to the Island by ferry.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper gives the grade range and travel sequence but not a student roster, host list, or ferry manifest.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “School News.”
Reports grades 9–12 traveling to Charlevoix by ferry, being hosted overnight, attending a football game and dance, and returning to Beaver Island Saturday; it does not provide a complete student roster or travel manifest.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the school trip report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island high-school students visit Charlevoix Homecoming, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-charlevoix-homecoming-trip-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1971, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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