- Dates
- 2005-05 – 2005-09
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationtransportationcommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2006 Beaver Beacon published Nancy Ferguson’s account of bringing horses to Beaver Island after years of hoping to ride the Island’s trails. The story describes camping, riding, a return Labor Day visit, touring the Lighthouse School and Beaver Head Lighthouse, ferry planning for horse trailers, and courtesy guidance for sharing trails.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person travel account with relative dates and personal observations, not a trail inventory, ferry log, equine facility record, or independent confirmation of the trips’ dates.
Open questions
- Which specific trails did Ferguson and her husband ride during their 2005 visits? The account describes trail riding generally but names no route.
- Was the courtesy guidance for sharing trails with horses, mentioned in this account, ever formalized in later trail-association or township material?
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Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "A Divine Equine Adventure."Recounts Nancy Ferguson and her husband's horse trips to Beaver Island, trail riding, camping, mushrooms, the Lighthouse School and Beaver Head Lighthouse, ferry logistics, and trail-sharing guidance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the equine travel article and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Nancy Ferguson recounts an equine vacation on Beaver Island, published 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-divine-equine-adventure-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "A Divine Equine Adventure." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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