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Beaver Island Boat Company upgrades ferry interior and names manager, 1988

Also Beaver Islander airplane seats · Lynn DeGrow manager

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TypeEvent
Date1988-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1988-05
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Where
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reports interior improvements to the Beaver Islander and the appointment of Lynn DeGrow as the Boat Company’s Charlevoix manager.

Evidence limits

The newspaper notice does not establish a complete maintenance history, employment file, or Coast Guard service record.

Sources

  1. Reports new airplane-style seats and drop tables on Beaver Islander and Lynn DeGrow’s appointment as Charlevoix manager, including her Coast Guard Academy background and reserve captaincy. 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 · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Boat Company upgrades ferry interior and names manager, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boat-company-ferry-upgrades-manager-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Boat Company Notes,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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