Summary

By July 1976 the Mabel and A. J. Roy Heritage Park project had cleared and graded its land, installed a security light, and completed drawings for a replica Northwest Trading Company trading post. The project planned outdoor and indoor displays of farming, lumbering, and other non-nautical history.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-qualified project site with a current township parcel anchor, not proof of a completed 1976 park, trading post, or exhibit installation. The parcel point is not a surveyed exhibit footprint or historical boundary.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Maps for this place

These Atlas plates provide regional context. They do not establish a precise boundary, current ownership, access right, operating status, or field condition.

EnvironmentSoils, wetlands, hydrography, and terrain
GeologyGeneralized geology and landforms
HydrologyMapped water and wetland context
AccessMapped routes, facilities, and protected areas
Land surveyPLSS geometry and historic GLO patent-location context

The dated record

3 dated events · 2021–2022These years on the timeline →

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1976, “The Bicentennial Projects.”
Reports that the Heritage Park land had been cleared and graded, a security light installed, and drawings completed for a replica Northwest Trading Company trading post. It lists planned historic objects and a bulletin board but does not provide a parcel survey, completed structures, or formal park register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1976, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held Bicentennial issue confirms the Heritage Park progress report.
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Beaver Island Historical Society, “Heritage Park,” retrieved 2026-08-06.
The Society identifies the present Heritage Park on Donegal Bay Road and describes the park and its large-artifact displays. The current page does not publish a surveyed boundary or coordinates.
Google Maps Heritage Park place listing, retrieved 2026-08-06, queried through SerpApi Google Maps.
The current place listing gives 26415 Donegal Bay Road and coordinates approximately -85.523195, 45.7474019. This is treated as a representative visitor point for the current park and as the best available locator for the historical Heritage Park project site, not as proof of the 1976 parcel boundary or every exhibit footprint.
Charlevoix County parcel snapshot, August 2026.
PIN 013-222-056-00 is an exempt 0.6-acre parcel owned by TOWNSHIP OF ST JAMES, carries current situs 26415 Donegal Bay Rd, and has the representative point used as the current park parcel anchor. It closely agrees with the Google visitor point, but does not prove that the parcel boundary, present park use, and 1976 Heritage Park project site are identical.
county · charlevoix · parcels_arcgis · 2026-08-01 · island_parcel_attributes

Added 3 August 2026 · revised 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Mabel and A. J. Roy Heritage Park”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/mabel-and-a-j-roy-heritage-park/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1976, “The Bicentennial Projects.” (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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