Name: Dorothy and Giles McCann’s planned Goose Bay move is announced, 1963
Start: 1963-08
End: 1965-08
Location: Beaver Island

Dorothy and Giles McCann’s planned Goose Bay move is announced, 1963

Also Dorothy and Giles McCann Goose Bay move · July 1963 McCann new address

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TypeEvent

Dates1963-08 – 1965-08

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1963-08 – 1965-08
Kind: Migration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationfamilymigrationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1963 Beaver Beacon reported that Dorothy and Giles McCann planned to move to Goose Bay, Labrador, for two years and gave their family a way to keep in touch through the Beacon.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper relocation and address notice, not a travel record or a complete military personnel file.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1963, “New Address.”
Reports that Dorothy and Giles McCann planned to move to Goose Bay, Labrador, for two years and publishes Lt. Col. John G. McCann’s APO address; it does not provide travel or personnel records.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the new-address notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Dorothy and Giles McCann’s planned Goose Bay move is announced, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mccann-goose-bay-relocation-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1963, “New Address.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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