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Beaver Island names a newly preserved property Conn's Cove Preserve

Also Conn's Cove Preserve named Beaver Island 2011

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TypeEvent
Date2011-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2011-04
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationland-useheritagewildlife
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2011 Beacon reports that a newly preserved twenty-acre property on the northeast side of Beaver Island was named Conn’s Cove Preserve. The name was connected to James McCauley, known as Jimmy Conn, and to nearby Conn’s Point.

Evidence limits

The newspaper identifies the preserve and its historical name explanation but does not provide the conservation easement, owner, legal boundary, or public access terms.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 2011, "Conn's Cove Preserve Named Teacher Lauded."
    Reports the naming of a newly preserved twenty-acre property and connects the name to James McCauley, also known as Jimmy Conn, and nearby Conn's Point. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the preserve announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island names a newly preserved property Conn's Cove Preserve”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-conns-cove-preserve-naming-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2011, "Conn's Cove Preserve Named Teacher Lauded." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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