- Date
- 1994-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationheritagegovernancetourismcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beacon reported on proposed national-park and heritage-area legislation and on a boundary-study concept that included Beaver Island in a possible Sleeping Bear Dunes “Islands Unit.”
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper discussion of proposals, not enacted legislation, a final boundary decision, or a land-acquisition record.
Sources
- Discusses three bills attributed to Congressman Bruce Vento and a late-1980s boundary study proposing an Islands Unit including Beaver Island, North and South Fox Islands, and other Great Lakes sites. 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 · 1994-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the proposal report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1994-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A 1994 national-parks proposal identifies Beaver Island for a possible Sleeping Bear Islands Unit”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sleeping-bear-islands-unit-proposal-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1994, “The Sleeping Bear Dune May Be on the Prowl Soon!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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