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St. James Township completes its Whiskey Island property exchange, 2012

Also St. James Township Whiskey Island exchange 2012

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Locator map: Whiskey Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Whiskey IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date2012-03
WithinWhiskey Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Whiskey Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Whiskey IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
2012-03
Kind
Property transfer
Where
Whiskey Island
Carried out by
organization/st-james-township
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
propertygovernanceland-usemaritime
Within
Whiskey Island

Summary

The March 2012 Beaver Beacon reports that St. James Township completed its exchange of Whiskey Island for the former Field Station residence and 100 feet of harbor frontage.

Evidence limits

The issue gives the reported consideration and properties but does not provide the recorded instrument or a survey of the exchanged frontage.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "Whiskey Island."
    Reports that St. James gave up Whiskey Island, purchased at tax sale for a little over $13,000, in exchange for the former Field Station residence and 100 feet of harbor frontage. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held March issue scan confirms the property-exchange report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township completes its Whiskey Island property exchange, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-whiskey-island-trade-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2012, "Whiskey Island." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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