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Residents observe utility trenching along King’s Highway, 2020

Also Beaver Island King’s Highway utility trenching 2020

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Locator map: King's Highway highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at King's HighwayLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Dates2020-07-24 – 2020-07-25
WithinKing's Highway · Beaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: King's Highway highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at King's HighwayLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
2020-07-24 – 2020-07-25
Kind
Infrastructure observation
Where
King's Highway
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
infrastructuretransportationcommunicationcommunity
Within
King's Highway · Beaver Island

Summary

On July 24, 2020, a resident reported apparent trenching for a cable along King’s Highway north of the radio towers. A reply suggested it might be underground electric work, while the original post wondered whether it could improve internet service.

Evidence limits

This is an unverified infrastructure observation. It does not identify the utility, project, purpose, permit, route, or outcome.

Sources

  1. A resident described apparent trenching for a cable north of the radio towers and wondered whether it signaled better internet; a reply said they had heard it was underground electric. The thread preserves a field observation and hearsay, not a utility notice, permit, project plan, cable identification, or completed broadband improvement.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015464

Added 10 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Residents observe utility trenching along King’s Highway, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kings-highway-utility-trenching-observation-2020/, accessed [date], citing JohnAckermann and hermit, “Utility work on Kings Highway?,” Beaver Island Forum, July 24–25, 2020..

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