- Date
- 1996-03-06
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationemergency-managementcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On March 6, 1996, Coast Guard buoy-tender Acacia delivered 12,000 gallons of heating oil to Beaver Island after winter supplies ran short. The vessel fought heavy ice from Charlevoix and through the entrance to Beaver Harbor.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporary newspaper account, not a Coast Guard log or fuel delivery invoice.
Sources
- Reports a Coast Guard call for the Acacia to bring 12,000 gallons of heating oil on March 6, its seven-hour crossing from Charlevoix, and the additional three hours required to break through the final three-quarters mile of Beaver Harbor ice. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the emergency fuel-delivery report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard buoy-tender Acacia delivers emergency heating oil to Beaver Island in March 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-acacia-heating-oil-delivery-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1996, “Acacia Buoy-Tender ‘To the Rescue’ of Beaver Island!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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