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U.S. Geological Survey charts the Beaver Island group, 1956

Also 1956 Beaver Island USGS mapping expedition

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Locator map: Beaver Island archipelago highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Date1956-07
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island archipelago highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver Island archipelagoLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1956-07
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island archipelago
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
surveyinggeographycommunication
Within
Beaver Island archipelago

Summary

The July 1956 Beaver Beacon reports a U.S. Geological Survey expedition charting topographic maps of the Beaver Island group and the Manitou Islands. M. V. Thompson and C. C. Juhre are named in connection with the field and Traverse City operations.

Evidence and limits

The article documents the newspaper’s report of a mapping expedition and expected future map availability. It does not provide field notebooks, sheet identifiers, survey control, or publication evidence.

Sources

  1. Reports a USGS crew under M. V. Thompson charting topographic maps of the Beaver Island group, with part of the expedition based in Traverse City under C. C. Juhre, and says North and South Manitou Islands were also being mapped. It anticipates maps being available in about a year but does not provide field notebooks, sheet identifiers, survey control, or publication evidence. 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 · 1956-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published mapping-expedition report; it does not expand the survey or map-publication record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “U.S. Geological Survey charts the Beaver Island group, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-usgs-topographic-mapping-expedition-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1956, “A U.S. Geological Survey.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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