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BEAVER ISLAND PHOTOS AND CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Some views of the picturesque Emerald Isle of Beaver Island, 30 miles west of Charlevoix, Michigan, in Lake Michigan, are shown below. Beaver Island is the home of about 500 year-round residents and many summer visitors. In the 1840s the self-proclaimed King Strang took over the island until his assassination by one of his followers. The island is accessible by a two hour ferry ride or by air, Fresh Air Aviation and Beaver Island Airways. In the winter, only the planes go to the island. As the ferry gets about an hour out of docking at Beaver Island you can catch glimpses of the island rising from the West with cottages tucked away in the pine trees. Beaver is the center of an archipelago with smaller surrounding islands. The French fur traders visited this island around 1670, naming the island "Isle due Castor." Beaver Island is the literal English translation of that. Next came the early while settlers (Indians were already here) fishing the abundant waters of Lake Michigan. James Jesse Strang the Morman "king" was here in the 1850's. After his assassination in 1857 the non-Morman residents evicted the Mormons with the folks of Irish ancestry moving back to the island, attracted by fishing, farming and lumbering.
Sunrise
Emerald Isle. Music on the Porch - yum ***************************** 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ON BEAVER ISLAND BEAVER ISLAND BIKE FESTIVAL June 23-25, 2011 Bike the marathon route! ***** Art in the Harbor Saturday mornings 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in July & August See me here and at Livingstone Studio! ************************************ Beaver Island Music Festival July 14,15, 16 ******************* Museum Week July 17-23 Historical Society Art Show July 20, 21, 22 - Wed. - Friday See me here! Christian Church building ******************************** Baroque on Beaver July 24-31 ****************************** Livingstone Studio's Artist Open House Saturday, July 30 12 noon - 4 p.m. Good food, wine and fun! ********************* Marathon September 3 ************************ Bite of Beaver & Boodle October 8
Great videos on the BI Chamber of Commerce Web Site along with lots of other info: ***************************
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