Name: Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island mail and winter reports from March 1908
Start: 2008-03
End: 2008-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2008-03
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: historyheritagepublicationtransportationweathercommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 2008 Beaver Beacon republished March 1908 reports from the Charlevoix Sentinel. They describe difficult winter mail crossings between Beaver Island and the mainland, local illness and fishing, ice harvesting, a gasoline boat nearing service, and other brief Island notices.

Evidence limits

This is a later newspaper transcription of historical reports; it should be checked against the cited Sentinel issues for complete context.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago."
Reprints March 1908 Charlevoix Sentinel reports about difficult winter mail crossings, Cross Village travel, local illness, ice harvesting, fishing, a gasoline boat, births, and deaths. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon republishes Beaver Island mail and winter reports from March 1908”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-march-1908-reprint/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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