- Date
- 1964-06-29
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagemaritimemigrationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
William Buck and his wife visited Beaver Island on June 29, 1964, in his first return to the Islands since leaving in 1926, according to the July Beaver Beacon. Buck recalled living on High Island from 1920 to 1926, traveling by ice boat for mail and supplies, and seeing the community’s sawmill, fishing, schooling, and gardens.
Evidence and limits
This is a later local reminiscence attached to a reported return visit. It does not substitute for contemporary High Island registers, school records, or commercial logs, and the source does not independently verify every detail.
Sources
- Reports William Buck and his wife visiting Beaver Island on June 29 for the first time since he left the Islands in 1926, and preserves his retrospective account of High Island settlement, sawmill and fishing activity, ice-boat travel, schooling, and departure. It does not provide an independent census, school register, or High Island business record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-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 · 1964-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “William Buck returns to Beaver Island after High Island years, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-high-island-visitor-william-buck-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1964, “Ex-High Islander Visits.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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