- Date
- 1965-05
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Garden Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentheritagetransportation
- Within
- Garden Island
Summary
The Michigan Conservation Department’s Game Division resumed a Garden Island trail-and-clearing project in spring 1965. The Beaver Beacon names four island workers and the boat pilot supporting the work and says High Island was intended as the next site.
Evidence and limits
This is a local report of work underway. It does not provide the project plan, trail map, funding record, final acreage, or evidence that the High Island phase was completed.
Open questions
- Which agency file records the Garden Island work and its intended purpose?
- Were the trails and clearings maintained after 1965?
If you can answer any of these, or correct anything above, the archive wants to hear it — see Corrections.
See also
Sources
- Reports Conservation Department Game Division work finishing the trail-cutting and clearing project begun the previous fall. It names Clarence Palmer, Patsey “Doney” Gallagher, Richie Napont, and Jack Connaghan as island workers and Erwin Martin as boat pilot, and says a similar program was planned for High Island.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Conservation Department trail and clearing work resumes on Garden Island, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garden-island-conservation-trails-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1965, “Garden Island Project Underway Again.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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