Name: Beaver Islanders support Grand Marais in a small-town harbor contest, 2011
Start: 2011-02-08
End: 2011-02-08
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2011-02-08
Kind: Civic campaign
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitycivic-engagementtransportationeconomy
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In February 2011, Beaver Island forum participants mobilized votes for Grand Marais in Reader’s Digest’s We Hear You America small-town contest. Grand Marais later thanked Beaver Islanders after winning, preserving an example of inter-island civic support tied to harbor safety and community connections.

Evidence limits

The forum establishes the campaign and reported win, but not the contest’s independent award records, project financing, or harbor improvements.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Let's all help Grand Marais win this thing," February 2–7, 2011.
Island forum participants organized votes for Grand Marais in Reader’s Digest’s We Hear You America contest, describing the proposed harbor project and the communities’ athletic connections. The thread documents Beaver Island participation, not the contest’s independent rules or the harbor’s engineering needs.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003156
Joe Moore, "Thank You Beaver Island Community!," Beaver Island Forum, February 8, 2011.
A Grand Marais participant thanked Beaver Islanders after the town won the contest, confirming the reported community campaign’s immediate outcome. The post does not establish the final award administration or project completion.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003174

Added 8 February 2011 · revised 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders support Grand Marais in a small-town harbor contest, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-supports-grand-marais-reader-digest-contest-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Let's all help Grand Marais win this thing," February 2–7, 2011. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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