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Beaver Island Gun Club organizes a public trap-shooting range, 1986

Also 1986 Beaver Island Gun Club · Beaver Island trap shooting club

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TypeEvent
Date1986-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1986-12
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
recreationcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1986 Beaver Beacon announces a recently organized Beaver Island Gun Club with trap and rifle ranges and Sunday public shooting hours.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper announcement, not incorporation, range-permit, safety, membership, or attendance documentation.

Sources

  1. Announces a privately run club with trap and rifle ranges, public membership at $20 per month, and Sunday shoots from 2 to 5 p.m. It is a newspaper announcement, not incorporation, range-permit, safety, membership, or attendance documentation. 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 · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Gun Club announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Gun Club organizes a public trap-shooting range, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gun-club-formation-1986/, accessed [date], citing B.I. Gun Club, Beaver Beacon, December 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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