Beaver Island 51°50’20”S 61°16’40”W
Beaver Island lies off the steep and high west coast of West Falkland, west if Weddell and south of New Islands. Beaver is named for the Beaver, an American whaling vessel. 
In July 1987 Estate John Hamilton Ltd leased Beaver Island to Sally Poncet and Tony Felton. Sally Poncet bought Beaver Island from Estate John Hamilton Ltd in March 1987.  The island covers an area of 48.56 square km (18.75 square miles). In 2002/2003 Jerome Poncet  collected  31 young reindeer  from Husvik, South Georgia and brought them to Beaver Island on his yacht Golden Fleece to be successfully resettled on Beaver Island.
Beaver Island, Staats Island, Tea Island, Governor Island and Split Island are the Beaver Island Group and are on the Important Bird Area (Birdlife International).
History
Sealers, particularly American and British, frequented the Falkands from around 1774 on. They favoured the Weddell, Beaver and New Island area where there were sheltered harbours and they were distanced from the Spanish then at Puerto Soledad (Port Louis) who were hostile to sealers. Sealers released wild pigs and rabbits on islands as a source of food when they were working in the area as they spent some time ashore.  In 1813 Captain Barnard, a sealer, and four of his ship’s crew were left abandoned by passengers and crew of the Isabella, a ship which had wrecked on Speedwell (then known as Eagle Island) and he had kindly rescued. They made off with his ship while he was waiting at New Island for favourable weather to take them to South America. Barnard at the time was on Beaver Island hunting wild pigs for their food. The marooned Barnard and his men left on the island had a Robinson Crusoe experience, living off the land but survived to be rescued. They had a small boat and were also able to go to Weddell, Beaver and other small islands.
Dean’s notes say Beaver was first leased by E Nilsson but soon passed to Henry Waldron. Henry Waldron after four of five years on Beaver would go ‘home’ to the UK and would be forced to return after spending all of his money. He enjoyed life on Beaver with his devoted Manager Jimmy Duncan and family. (Falkland Rural Heritage- Joan Spruce/ Natalie Smith).
Henry Waldron left for England in March 1918. Beaver passed to Richard Waldron after Henry’s death in 1919. Richard did not move to live on Beaver but appointed James Duncan manager (£10 per month plus 5% of net profits) and employed Jack, George and Howard Duncan on £8 a month plus 2.5% of profits. 
In 1922 John Hamilton bought Beaver Island and shortly afterwards Weddell the Passage Islands, and in the 1930’s, Saunders. The exotic animals he introduced in the hope of selling pelts to overseas markets left Weddell and Beaver with a plague of Patagonian foxes which besides eating the geese  they were intended to control, enjoyed lambs as well.  





Sources include: Wikipedia, bostonteapartyship.com, Falkland Rural Heritage- Joan Spruce with Natalie Smith, nationalarchives.gov.fk/Jane Cameron National Archives /Buildings/ Land/General/Early leases of land post 1842,nationalarchives.gov.fk /Jane Cameron National Archives /People/19century families, The Dictionary of Falklands Biography (including South Georgia) - Edited by David Tatham, nationalarchives.gov.fk /Jane Cameron National Archives /Land/ Islands/ Beaver