- Date
- 2003-06-25
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Whiskey Point
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationheritagegovernancemaritimecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On June 25, 2003, Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association president Dick Moehl met with St. James Township, the Historical Society, and the public about a partnership to restore Whiskey Point and create a public historic maritime site. The proposal included restoring the Keeper’s House, maintaining the site as an authentic tourist attraction, and exploring the Whiskey Point Boathouse as a base for Central Michigan University’s proposed Great Lakes Research Station.
Evidence limits
The article records a proposal and planned follow-up, not a completed ownership transfer, funding award, restoration, or research-station launch.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “The Whiskey Point Restoration”.Reports Dick Moehl’s June 25 meeting with the St. James Township Supervisor, Historical Society board and staff, and the public. He proposed a partnership to create and maintain a public historic maritime site, restore the Keeper’s House, and explore the boathouse as a Great Lakes Research Station base; he planned to continue the proposal at the next township meeting. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the June 25 Whiskey Point presentation.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “GLLKA presents a Whiskey Point restoration and maritime-site partnership proposal”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-whiskey-point-restoration-meeting-june-25-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “The Whiskey Point Restoration”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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