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Dan Gentle's rustic woodworking becomes a Beaver Island craft business

Also Consummate Craftsmanship on Paid een Og's Road

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TypeEvent
Date2005-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2005-05
Kind
Publication
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Beacon profiles Dan Gentle’s Beaver Island woodworking practice, emphasizing cedar and other locally available wood, intuitive design, commissioned furniture, and the shop’s role as a small craft business.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper profile, not a complete business inventory, valuation, or production record.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "Consummate Craftsmanship on Paid een Og's Road."
    Profiles Dan Gentle's cedar furniture and shop, his use of standing dead wood, commissioned work, and sale of more than 200 pieces. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the woodworking profile.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Dan Gentle's rustic woodworking becomes a Beaver Island craft business”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dan-gentle-woodworking-profile-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "Consummate Craftsmanship on Paid een Og's Road." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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