- Dates
- 1961-05-01 – 1961-10-01
- Kind
- Business
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshipping
- Within
- Beaver Island · Garden Island
Summary
The March 1961 Beaver Beacon announced a Coast Guard plan to replace the unlighted buoy marking the passage between Beaver and Garden Islands with a lighted buoy, maintained seasonally from May 1 through October 1.
Evidence and limits
The notice documents the announced navigation improvement, not its installation or subsequent service record.
Sources
- Reports the Coast Guard’s decision to replace the unlighted buoy marking the passage between Beaver and Garden Islands with a suitable lighted buoy, maintained seasonally from May 1 through October 1. The issue records a plan and expected maintenance period, not installation or later inspections.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-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 · 1961-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard plans to restore a lighted buoy between Beaver and Garden Islands, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-garden-islands-lighted-buoy-restoration-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1961, “Lighted Buoy.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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