Beaver Beacon reports new harbor businesses, docks, boats, and construction, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-05
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: commercemaritimeinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1988 Beaver Beacon records a changing harbor landscape: a new Beaver Island Marina ownership, businesses in the former McDonough Grocery, new and repaired docks, new tugboats and a barge, planned commercial construction, and a garage project near the lighthouse.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper survey of reported changes, not a set of deeds, permits, corporate records, vessel registers, or engineering files.

Sources

“Changes Around the Harbor,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988.
Reports Beaver Haven Marina becoming Beaver Island Marina under Sheldon Anderson and Carl Felix; Island Office Service and St. James Boat Shop in the old grocery; Ernie Martin’s dock and fish shed ownership and concrete dock; dock repairs; Buddy Martin’s tug and barge; Earl Maudrie’s new fish tug; planned Heikka auto shop; and a new garage near the lighthouse. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the harbor changes report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports new harbor businesses, docks, boats, and construction, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbor-business-and-infrastructure-changes-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Changes Around the Harbor,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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