- Dates
- 1981-01-11 – 1981-01-20
- Kind
- Education
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationeducationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Cross-country skiing instruction was offered on Beaver Island in January 1981. Julie Cordano taught elementary, secondary, and adult groups, with a film, waxing guidance, rentals, trail practice, and races in the schoolyard.
Evidence and limits
The report gives group divisions and dates but not complete enrollment, equipment inventories, or a later program history.
Sources
- Reports a January 11 film and waxing session, January 12–13 elementary lessons, January 19–20 secondary lessons, and adult instruction, with Julie Cordano teaching and rental arrangements made through Silent Sports and the school. It is a participant report, not a complete enrollment or equipment 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 · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page combined March and April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the skiing report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Cross-country skiing instruction comes to Beaver Island, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cross-country-skiing-program-1981/, accessed [date], citing Deb Koster, “Cross-country Skiing,” Beaver Beacon, March & April 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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