Beaver Creek Lanes

Beaver Creek Lanes is a pre-War bowling alley and once-popular landmark on the Island, situated southwest of Far Harbor $$

Bowling Blues
Once a tourist attraction, Beaver Creek Lanes was known for holding the Bar Harbor Bowling League. The management enjoyed working there as they had the opportunity to play with their friends. It was a frequent hangout for Madison Young and Aubrey Copland.

When the Vim machines were being vandalized, Thomas Davis, reigning champion and staff member, was tasked with putting an end to the madness. Despite their best efforts, the employees at Beaver Creek were unsuccessful at catching the culprit. Thomas did learn from Jan that the Bar Harbor Museum was also experiencing the same vandalism.

After Thomas learned of his imminent deployment overseas, his friends had planned a going-away party. Mark Wilson had accidentally spoiled the surprise, but Thomas was flattered and helped with the party planning. After Thomas' deployment, he kept in touch with them, sending them postcards until suddenly stopping in April. Davis' ship sunk and he went MIA during the commotion until roughly mid-June. He was honorably discharged, but suffered a spinal leaving him unable to walk, or bowl. Once his cousin Daisy received the news about him toward the end of June, she asked Mark to pass along the information.

The Striker
When the staff heard of Thomas' condition, Mark and Matthew came up with an idea to help Thomas bowl again by inventing a "bowling gun" built out of the ball return and a strong motor attached to a board.

Jacob brought up the idea that they should just get and modify one of the new Fat Man catapults. Determined, they followed this advice, and used connections to find a supplier at an old surplus center out in the "willywacks," and traded a couple of tanks of gasoline for it. It was an illegal act, but they figured that it would be harmless because it was only meant for bowling.

During the development on October 6, they forgot to reduce the tension springs and the first ball they launched flew straight through the wall of the office and caved-in a table in the dining area, knocking Mr. Clark out of his chair, nearly killing him. Matthew and Daisy were able to talk him out of suing after coming to an agreement of free games and half-priced beers for life.

Meanwhile, an insurance adjuster had to be called in the next day and he also had to be convinced. Daisy spread the word that if he asked anyone, to tell them that a ball return mechanism went haywire. The Striker was completed, despite the final firing speed needing adjustments. When they found out Thomas would be returning in early December, Mark and Daisy worked on building a temporary ramp for his wheelchair until Matthew could get a permanent one installed.

Shut down
Shortly thereafter, a landslide caused significant structural damage to the building, dropping a truck through the roof. It was not long after this that the insurance adjuster and the structural engineer concluded that the building was unsafe and, until the debris was cleared out, would not know whether or not it could be repaired or if the whole building would need to come down.

Matthew talked with the insurance company to see if there was any sort of emergency wages they could get for the employees, but the company resisted. With the alleyway closed, Matthew gathered up as much as he could out of their lockers and brought them and their final paychecks to the coffee shop at noon on October 20. He added a little extra to their checks, wishing it could be more, but it was all he had until the insurance paid out.

Exterior
The exterior consists of the building itself, its roof, and the former parking lot where feral ghouls tend to crawl out from under wrecked cars or from the bus standing in the middle of the parking lot. In said bus, the Sole Survivor can also find an unlocked suitcase and a locked wooden crate.

The roof can easily be reached by climbing the landslide on the backside of the building. A glowing one and some feral ghouls can be found here, as well as a dead trapper which has some loot.

First floor
Upon entering, there is a locked door straight ahead, the reception area with a terminal to the right, and the bowling lanes in the back. To the right of the lanes is a dining area. The dining area contains a kitchen with a locked safe in the floor, restrooms, and a cooking station with a dead trapper, a duffle bag and an ammo box right near it. Near the restrooms is a chained door. To the left of the kitchen are a locked closet that holds another ammo box and a first aid box.

The locked door near the entrance, which can be bypassed by a hole in the wall on the leftmost bowling lane, leads to a tunnel which in turn leads to the backroom. After the backroom, there is a room with several lockers, stairs to the next floor, and the chained door, which leads back to the dining area.

Second floor
Access to the second floor can be gained either through the stairs in the locker room or another set of stairs near the hole in the wall. The stairs in the locker room lead to a small office, which contains another terminal, a chemistry station, a weapons workbench, a door to the right and a Master-locked safe, which can be opened from the terminal.

The door on the right leads to a set of stairs and a large storage room. Through this room, the landslide lead by a truck got into the building. On the other side of the storage room are stairs leading back into the tunnel on the first floor.

Notable loot

 * The Striker - Unique Fat Man can be found next to the modified bowling balls.
 * Mark Wilson's holotape - Inside the terminal in the same room as The Striker.
 * Modified bowling ball - Four can be found on the table around The Striker.
 * Modified bowling ball schematic - Added by reading the That was close! terminal entry.
 * Fusion core - Can be found in the back, near the re-stacking machines.
 * Day Tripper - In the men's bathroom on the middle sink.
 * Bowling pins - 38 pins can be found up on the lanes and 6 elsewhere.
 * Vault-Tec lunchbox - Located to the left of the front desk terminal on the bottom shelf.
 * Vim Quartz - Found inside a burned-out car inside the parking lot.

Related quests

 * Cleansing the Commonwealth: Knight Rhys gives the Sole Survivor an assignment to clear the location of what he calls "abominations" to further the aims of the Brotherhood of Steel.
 * Leading by Example: Lancer Captain Kells requests the Sole Survivor's help in training a Brotherhood squire by allowing him to accompany them on a mission.
 * Quartermastery: Scribe Haylen has identified the location of a piece of technology she wishes to retrieve and catalog. She asks the Sole Survivor for help in bringing back the technology in one piece.
 * Randolph Safehouse: The Railroad agent Mister Tims will leave dead drops in the form of six holotapes for the Sole Survivor, containing information about possible hazards to the Railroad's escort and escape of synths out of the Commonwealth. They can assist in these efforts by clearing out the location of hostiles.
 * Pest Control: Dr. Binet of the Institute's Robotics division asks the Sole Survivor to eliminate some feral ghouls that are causing problems for a synth scavenger team.

Appearances
Beaver Creek Lanes appears only in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.

Behind the scenes
There is a terminal entry that lists the 2078 Far Harbor Bowling League standings. The team in third place is the Holy Rollers, Ned Flanders' bowling team on The Simpsons.

Bugs
To the southeast, there is a Red Rocket gas station that had been settled. It is possible to get stuck in the trailer with a bed in front of the door. Exiting is only possible by fast traveling to a nearby location or by using console command.