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New summer services and fish-tug commerce are reported, 1963

Also Beaver Island June 1963 laundry garbage and fish markets · Naubinway fish tugs Beaver Island 1963

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TypeEvent
Date1963-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1963-06
Kind
Business
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1963 Beaver Beacon reports new spraying, laundry, and garbage services, a weak smelt run and heavy sucker activity, and two Naubinway fish tugs bringing whitefish and perch to the Island.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper business and fishing notices, not licenses, sales ledgers, or operating schedules.

Sources

  1. Reports a spraying service, a coin-operated laundry-mat, garbage pickup, a weak smelt run, heavy sucker activity, two Naubinway fish tugs, and whitefish and perch catches.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the business and fishing notices; it does not provide licenses, sales ledgers, or service schedules.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “New summer services and fish-tug commerce are reported, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-summer-services-and-fishing-commerce-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1963, “Summer Services,” “Smelt Run?” and “Floating Fish Markets.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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