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Wicklow Beach

Also Wicklow Beach No. 1 · Wicklow Beach No. 2

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Wicklow Beach highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypePlace
Coordinates45.6360° N, 85.4910° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Wicklow Beach highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Locator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Place
Along road
East Side Drive
Coordinates
45.6360° N, 85.4910° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitytourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Wicklow Beach is a named subdivision and shoreline locality on the east side of Beaver Island. It appears in Beaver Island property notices from the early 1960s and remains identifiable in Charlevoix County parcel descriptions.

Evidence and limits

The point is an approximate modern locality anchor derived from current parcel records. It does not identify the exact lots reported in 1962 or establish a historical subdivision boundary.

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

2 dated events · 1962–2012These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. A property owner reported a boiler on the beach in front of a home at the north end of Wicklow Beach Road and asked about its origin. A participant replied that it came from an old sawmill and was used to make steam, but supplied no photograph, mill identity, date, or independent evidence. This preserves a physical-heritage lead, not a confirmed attribution or surveyed artifact location.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000708
  2. Names Wicklow Beach as the location of two lots purchased by John D. Murphy; the notice does not provide lot numbers or survey coordinates.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-10_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-10_Beaver-Beacon
  4. Multiple present-day parcel descriptions identify Plat of Wicklow Beach, Wicklow Beach No. 1, and Wicklow Beach No. 2 on East Side Drive. The recorded point is an approximate centroid of those parcel records, not a boundary or the 1962 lots.
    county · charlevoix · parcels_arcgis · 2026-08-01 · island_parcel_attributes

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Wicklow Beach”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/places/wicklow-beach/, accessed [date], citing Dave Dudek and Gillespie, “boiler on beach,” Beaver Island Forum, August 23–24, 2006. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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