- Dates
- 1960-02-23 – 1960-03
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationtourismfishing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that a Mr. Walker of St. Ignace landed an airplane on Beaver Harbor ice on February 23 and planned to return with three planes and friends for an overnight fishing trip.
Evidence limits
The report does not identify the aircraft or route and does not establish that the planned return visit occurred.
Sources
- Reports that a Mr Walker of St Ignace landed on harbor ice on February 23 and planned to return with three planes and friends for an overnight fishing visit in early March. It does not identify the aircraft, pilot, route, or completed visit.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the aviation and planned fishing visit.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St Ignace visitor lands on Beaver Harbor ice and plans a fishing visit, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-walker-plane-fishing-visit-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1960, aviation and fishing notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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