Name: DNR examines a possible wolf track near French Bay, 2006
Start: 2006
End: 2006
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifeconservationsciencecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In 2006, a nearly five-inch paw print found near a French Bay beaver dam was examined by the DNR as a possible wolf track, prompting deployment of two infrared trail cameras.

Evidence limits

The newspaper presents a possible identification, not a confirmed wolf occurrence; no later photograph or expert determination is included here.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "Wolves At The Door."
Reports a nearly five-inch paw print found by Jeff Powers near an active French Bay beaver dam, examination of its photograph and plaster cast by the DNR, and deployment of two infrared trail cameras. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the wildlife observation report.
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Beaver Island Forum, “Wolves on Beaver Island?,” June 6–July 3, 2006.
The Chamber of Commerce summarizes the Northern Islander report and its $200 photo reward; Jeff Powers describes making casts and measuring stride distance; other participants argue for wolf, coydog, or hoax interpretations. This is valuable contemporaneous testimony and debate, but it contains no verified photograph or independent species determination, so it does not raise the record above possible/probable observation.
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Beaver Island Archive, “DNR examines a possible wolf track near French Bay, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wolf-track-observation-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "Wolves At The Door." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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