Beaver Island Lighthouse is described as an environmental-education resource, 1986

Event

Date: 1986
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island Light Station
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationenvironmentheritagecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1986 Beaver Beacon reprinted a profile describing the Beaver Island Lighthouse site as a Charlevoix School District environmental-education and teacher-training resource, with camps, school field trips, university and 4-H use, and a caretaker.

Evidence limits

This is a reprinted outreach profile, not a deed, restoration report, enrollment record, or current operating record.

Sources

A Teaching Resource, Beaver Beacon, May 1986, reprinted from Focus on Great Lakes Water Quality, vol. 9, no. 4.
Describes Charlevoix School District ownership and restoration of the lighthouse site, environmental education and teacher training, a 200-person camp, third-grade and biology field trips, university and 4-H use, and a full-time caretaker. It is a reprinted outreach profile, not a deed, restoration report, enrollment record, or current operating record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the environmental-education profile.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Lighthouse is described as an environmental-education resource, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lighthouse-environmental-education-resource-1986/, accessed [date], citing A Teaching Resource, Beaver Beacon, May 1986, reprinted from Focus on Great Lakes Water Quality, vol. 9, no. 4. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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