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C. A. Fenn household move arrives on Beaver Island, 1966

Also May 1966 Beaver Island mass move

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TypeEvent
Date1966-05-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1966-05-06
Kind
Migration
Where
Saint James Harbor
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
migrationdemographycommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

On May 6, 1966, C. A. Fenn and wife arrived aboard the Beaver Islander with household furnishings for a new summer home on the southwest side of the harbor. The Beaver Beacon also named Bob and Jan Severance and Mr. and Mrs. King as traveling with them.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper movement notice, not a passenger manifest, property record, or complete identity record.

Sources

  1. Reports C. A. Fenn and wife arriving with household furnishings aboard the Beaver Islander for a new southwest-Harbor summer home, accompanied by Bob and Jan Severance and Mr. and Mrs. King. It does not provide a passenger manifest, property record, or complete identities.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “C. A. Fenn household move arrives on Beaver Island, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mass-move-fenn-summer-home-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Mass Move.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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