Name: Beaver Island Boat Company announces Homecoming ticket controls and emergency support, 1974
Start: 1974-08-07
End: 1974-08-10

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Event

Dates: 1974-08-07 – 1974-08-10
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island · Charlevoix
Carried out by: Beaver Island Boat Company
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationtourismcommunicationemergency-management
Within: Beaver Island · Charlevoix

Summary

The March 1974 Beaver Beacon advised visitors planning for the August 7–10 Homecoming to purchase advance tickets for a selected date and time. It also reported that either Beaver Island Boat Company vessel could be made available without charge for an emergency when weather prevented the new evacuation plane from flying.

Evidence and limits

This is a published transportation and emergency-support notice. It does not establish Homecoming ticket sales, a vessel deployment, or an emergency use.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1974, “Boat News.”
Advises Homecoming visitors for August 7–10 to buy tickets in advance with the chosen date and time printed on each ticket, and says either Boat Company vessel could be used without charge for an emergency when bad weather prevented the plane from flying; it does not establish later ticket sales, vessel deployment, or emergency use.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1974, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the Homecoming and emergency-boat notice; it does not expand the published schedule or operational outcome.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Boat Company announces Homecoming ticket controls and emergency support, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boat-company-homecoming-ticket-and-emergency-support-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1974, “Boat News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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