- Date
- 1968-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Michigan Conservation Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governanceconservationfishing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1968 Beaver Beacon explained a new Michigan requirement that ice shanty owners display their names and addresses in waterproof letters on all sides of their shelters. The rule was intended to help conservation officers identify owners who left shelters on the ice into spring breakup.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper summarizes legislation passed in 1967, but does not identify the statute or provide enforcement records.
Open questions
- Which statute established the all-sides requirement?
- How was compliance enforced around Beaver Island?
Sources
- Explains that legislation passed in 1967 required names and addresses in waterproof letters at least two inches high on all sides of ice-fishing shelters, replacing a one-side rule. It does not cite the statute number or report enforcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-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 · 1968-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan requires ice shanty identification on all sides, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ice-shanty-identification-rule-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1968, “New ‘All Sides’ Requirement for Ice Shanty Identification.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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