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Event

Publication of “The Shores of Beaver” (1974)

Also The Shores of Beaver · Sheldon Parker poem

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The August 1974 Beaver Beacon publishes Sheldon Parker’s poem “The Shores of Beaver,” a nostalgic island text centered on departure, Saint James harbor, the ferry, and hoped-for return.

Evidence and limits

This is a publication and cultural-text record, not evidence of a particular departure, return, or complete authorship history beyond the printed byline.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “The Shores Of Beaver,” by Sheldon Parker.
    Publishes an island-themed poem by Sheldon Parker about leaving Beaver, memories of Saint James harbor and the ferry, and a hoped-for return. The poem is preserved as a newspaper cultural artifact; this record does not infer a biographical event or a complete literary chronology.