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Chief Antoine Park shelter and fireplace are completed (1961)

Also 1961 Chief Antoine Park completion

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TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

By the November 1961 issue, Chief Antoine Park’s shelter had been completed and its fireplace installed. The notice thanks ticket buyers and cash donors and refers to anticipated $500 county assistance.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper completion notice, not a construction or public-finance file.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Chief Antoine Park.”
    Reports that the park shelter had been completed and the fireplace installed, thanks supporters who bought tickets or donated cash, and says the organizers expected to receive the $500 Charlevoix County Board of Supervisors assistance. It does not provide construction invoices, a completion date beyond the issue, or a park inspection.