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Beaver Island remembers field-course leader John Boatman, 2010

Also John Boatman memorial 2010

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TypeEvent
Date2010-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2010-07
Kind
Death
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The July 2010 Beacon memorialized John Boatman, who led field courses on Beaver and Garden Islands and taught about their cultural and natural history. It notes his relationship to Keewaydinoquay and his summer-solstice burial, without giving a precise death date.

Evidence limits

This is a memorial notice, not a complete obituary, academic biography, or cemetery record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, July 2010, "In Memory: John Boatman."
    Remembers Boatman's field courses on Beaver and Garden Islands, connection to Keewaydinoquay, academic work, and summer-solstice interment; the notice does not give a precise death date. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the memorial.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island remembers field-course leader John Boatman, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-boatman-death-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2010, "In Memory: John Boatman." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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