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Louisiana-Pacific crews resume island logging and ship a log load, 1979

Also 1979 Louisiana-Pacific logging activity

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TypeEvent
Date1979-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1979-05
Kind
Business
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1979 Beaver Beacon reports Louisiana-Pacific crews and equipment back on Beaver Island and one log shipment already sent across.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper observation, not a harvest inventory, land-use permit, contract, or complete shipping record.

Sources

  1. Reports Louisiana-Pacific crews, trucks, and equipment working on the island again, with one log shipment sent across and another apparently being loaded. It is a newspaper observation, not a harvest inventory, land-use permit, contract, or complete shipping record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the logging report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Louisiana-Pacific crews resume island logging and ship a log load, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-louisiana-pacific-log-shipment-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1979, “May — Notes of Interest.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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