Name: Julie Runberg’s “Preserving the Past Through Poetry” connects family memory to Beaver Island history, 1994
Start: 1994-10
End: 1994-10
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1994-10
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagefamilyhistorycommunicationpublication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1994 Beaver Beacon published Julie Runberg’s poem about Beaver Island and framed it as a family memory linking her grandmother Marguerite McCann to the Island’s Dockside history.

Evidence limits

This is a literary and family-history publication. It preserves the article’s stated relationships and historical framing without treating them as a complete genealogy, biography, or building record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1994, “Preserving the Past Through Poetry,” by Julie Runberg.
Publishes Runberg’s poem about Beaver Island and explains that she wrote it for her grandmother Marguerite, identified as a granddaughter of James McCann, whom the article identifies as the 1896 Dockside builder; the family relationship and historical claims remain source-bounded. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1994, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the poem and accompanying family-history note.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Julie Runberg’s “Preserving the Past Through Poetry” connects family memory to Beaver Island history, 1994”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-preserving-past-through-poetry-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1994, “Preserving the Past Through Poetry,” by Julie Runberg. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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