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Beaver Beacon publishes a Beaver Island telephone directory, 1972

Also 1972 Beaver Island telephone numbers · April 1972 island telephone directory

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1972-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1972-04
Kind
Publication
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Telephone Company
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitycommunicationeconomy
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1972 Beaver Beacon published a directory of Beaver Island telephone numbers, including island homes, businesses, public services, and organizations.

Evidence and limits

This is a period directory, not a technical or subscriber record. Private residential numbers are not reproduced here.

Sources

  1. Publishes an island telephone-number directory naming residences, businesses, public services, and organizations; private residential numbers are preserved in the held source but intentionally not reproduced in the KB. The notice does not provide subscriber contracts, switching records, or a complete numbering plan.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published telephone directory.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes a Beaver Island telephone directory, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-directory-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Beaver Island Telephone Numbers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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