- Dates
- 1909-04-01 – 1909-04-28
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern eraHistorical era
- Concepts
- heritagepublicationmaritimecommunicationconservation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2009 Beacon reprinted April 1909 reports about mail arriving on the ice, the steamer Beaver making its first trip, trout-season dates, inspections of the Beaver, Knobloch, and McCann, fish stocking, and travel between Beaver Island and Charlevoix. F. Protar diary notes added thunderstorms, snow, and other weather context.
Evidence limits
This is a 2009 reprint of older newspaper and diary material. It does not independently verify the historical notices or transcription against archival originals.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago."Reprints April 1909 notices about the first mail on the ice, the Beaver’s first trip, trout-season dates, vessel inspections, fish stocking, Island travel, and F. Protar weather notes. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints April 1909 mail, navigation, and fish-hatchery notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-april-1909/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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