- Date
- 2009-12
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentconstructioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 2010 Beaver Beacon reported that the final 2009 load of logs barged from Beaver Island included a maple trunk measuring 48 inches across. Island loggers reportedly considered it the largest maple they had seen there.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper report of a local comparison, not an independently surveyed tree measurement, age estimate, or complete logging record.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2010, "Largest Maple."Reports that the last load of logs barged off the Island in 2009 included a 48-inch maple trunk, described by local loggers as the largest they had seen there. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held January issue scan confirms the largest-maple report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A 48-inch maple trunk is reported as Beaver Island’s largest, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-largest-maple-trunk-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2010, "Largest Maple." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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