- Date
- 2004-09
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityeducationrecreationenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The eighth annual Simply Living Labor Day Retreat Weekend brought 22 Island and mainland campers to the Old Carpenter’s Mill Site in September 2004 for workshops, swimming, hiking, acoustic music, and shared meals.
Evidence limits
The newspaper includes a participant’s first-person reflection but does not give a full program, attendance register, or financial record for the retreat.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "One American Dream."Reports the eighth annual Labor Day retreat at the Old Carpenter's Mill Site, with 22 Island and mainland campers, workshops, swimming, hiking, acoustic music, and catered food. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the retreat report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Simply Living retreat brings 22 campers to Beaver Island's Old Carpenter's Mill Site”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-simply-living-retreat-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "One American Dream." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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