Talk:Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)

“Kingdom”
I wonder whether it would make more sense to put the words monarchy and kingdom in the article between quotes. The fact that a group calls itself a monarchy or its leader a king does not make it so. Xenophonix (talk) 21:05, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I see your point, but I think using quotes here would introduce an NPOV issue into the article. We might argue how viable the 'king' and 'kingdom' here might have been, but that's all relative.  Strang called himself a king and his church a kingdom, and crazy as this may sound, the most NPOV thing we can do here is to let that stand--while pointing out (in as NPOV a manner as possible) any legitimate questions about the viability of both.  Personally, I think the fact that Strang managed to rule under his royal title with some semblance of authority (at least among his followers) qualifies him for the title, albeit with the 'self-proclaimed' nomenclature.  But that's just my opinion, nothing more.  Cheers! - Ecjmartin (talk) 02:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Beaver Island (Lake Michigan)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Gazetteer files": From Petoskey, Michigan:  From Boyne Falls, Michigan:  From Charlevoix, Michigan:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 21:51, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

"male lover" needs a source
The middle of the Mormon Kingdom section says, "He had five wives, one male lover and fathered a total of fourteen children." Surely this ought to be sourced. ThreeRocks (talk) 21:19, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Teaching Writing in Middle and High School
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Transportation
The Transportation section indicates that a ferry from Charlevoix can carry cars to the island, if a person reserves space on the ferry. That suggests there are paved roads on the island, but that is not mentioned, the extent of paved roads and parking spaces. Are there paved roads? - - Prairieplant (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, there are paved roads on Beaver Island. The roads in St. James are mostly paved, and King's Highway is paved for about 4 miles heading south from town.  Also, it's not necessarily true that the ability to bring cars to the island suggests the roads are paved: they could all be dirt/gravel roads, although they are not (most are unpaved, however).  I don't have a link to an authoritative source for this, although I have visited the island (and brought a car) a couple of times. Almitydave (talk) 21:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)