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Beaver Island schedules a June cleanup week, 1959

Also 1959 Beaver Island cleanup week · June 1959 island cleanup campaign

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TypeEvent
Dates1959-06-07 – 1959-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1959-06-07 – 1959-06
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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communitypublic-serviceinfrastructurecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1959 Beaver Beacon announces a cleanup week beginning June 7 and calls on island residents to bring rakes and shovels.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide a work roster, schedule, work areas, disposal record, or completion report.

Sources

  1. Announces cleanup week for the week of June 7 and asks everyone who owns a rake or shovel to be ready to work. It does not provide a roster, schedule, work areas, disposal record, or completion report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the cleanup announcement; it does not establish participation or completion.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island schedules a June cleanup week, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-operation-cleanup-week-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1959, “OPERATION CLEAN-UP.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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