- Date
- 1987-01-29
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Font Lake
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationsportscommunityfundraisingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island’s annual Winter Games were held January 29, 1987, at Font Lake, with cross-country skiing, a snowmobile obstacle course, children’s games, and food service.
Evidence limits
The Beacon report preserves named results and descriptions but not official timing, attendance, or financial records.
Sources
- Reports cross-country ski races, snowmobile obstacle-course results, children’s games, a food “fish shanty,” and named winners including Rene Gillespie, Chris Speck, Jayne Lilly, Jamie Martin, and others. It is a newspaper event report, not a scorebook or receipts ledger. 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 · 1987-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Winter Games report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island holds its annual Winter Games at Font Lake, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-games-january-29-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Winter Games,” Beaver Beacon, March 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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