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Laurain Lodge announces its 2005 Beaver Island morel contest

Also The $100 Morel 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2005-05
Kind
Celebration
Eras
Modern era
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wildlifecommunitycommercecelebration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Laurain Lodge continued its annual contest for the largest Beaver Island morel, offering a $100 prize and requiring entries to have been found outdoors on the Island.

Evidence limits

The notice establishes the contest rules but not the winner, final mushroom weight, or total entries.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "The $100 Morel."
    Announces a $100 prize for the largest morel picked outdoors on Beaver Island, with ties broken by weight and then taste. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the contest announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Laurain Lodge announces its 2005 Beaver Island morel contest”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-morel-contest-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "The $100 Morel." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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