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Dick and Musette LaFreniere return from a two-week Florida trip, 1959

Also 1959 Dick Musette LaFreniere Florida trip · 1959 LaFreniere winter travel

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TypeEvent
Dates1959-03 – 1959-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1959-03 – 1959-04
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
migrationtourismfamilycommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Dick and Musette LaFreniere’s return to Beaver Island after a two-week Florida trip.

Evidence limits

This is a community travel notice, not an itinerary, transport record, or independent identity record.

Sources

  1. Reports Dick and Musette LaFreniere returning after two weeks in Florida and says islanders were waiting to hear about their experiences and see their pictures. It does not provide travel dates, itinerary, transport records, or independent identification. 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 · 1959-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the travel notice; it does not expand the trip or residence record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-03_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Corrects the March notice by adding Don Hanson and Kathleen Gatliff as companions on Dick LaFreniere’s Florida trip. It does not provide travel dates, itinerary, transport records, or independent identification. 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 · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the companion correction; it does not expand the travel record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Dick and Musette LaFreniere return from a two-week Florida trip, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dick-musette-florida-trip-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1959, “WANDERING BEAVERS.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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