Beaver Beacon welcomes summer residents and notes island recreation and fishing, 1987

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Event

Date: 1987-07
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityrecreationmaritimecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1987 Beaver Beacon welcomed returning summer residents, noted successful fishing in inland and big lakes, and invited readers to Sunday softball games at Bud McDonough Memorial Ballpark.

Evidence limits

These are informal community notes, not a census, fishing log, athletic schedule, or attendance record.

Sources

“From the Beaver,” Beaver Beacon, July 1987.
Welcomes summer residents and travelers, reports inland-lake and big-lake fishing, and invites readers to Sunday afternoon softball games at Bud McDonough Memorial Ballpark. 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, July 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twelve-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the community notes.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon welcomes summer residents and notes island recreation and fishing, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-summer-1987-community-notes/, accessed [date], citing “From the Beaver,” Beaver Beacon, July 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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