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Port St. James improves common properties and campground facilities, 1980

Also 1980 Port St. James Association common-property projects

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TypeEvent
Dates1980 – 1980-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1980 – 1980-08
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Construction
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Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Port St. James Property Owners Association reported improvements to its common properties in 1980, including subdivision and street signs, Old Stables Campground facilities, beach-traffic controls, Donegal Bay parking, and planned erosion and road-surface work.

Evidence and limits

This is an association report, not a contract, engineering file, or current-condition survey.

Sources

  1. Reports a new subdivision entrance sign and street signs, improvements to the Old Stables Campground, boulders to restrict off-road beach traffic, planned cedar windscreen and Donegal Bay parking work, and a sodium-chloride road treatment decision. It is an association report, not a contract, engineering file, or current-condition survey. 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 · 1980-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the common-property project report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Port St. James improves common properties and campground facilities, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-port-st-james-common-property-improvements-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1980, “Port St. James Association News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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