- Date
- 2004-12-24
- Kind
- Transportation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- energymaritimeinfrastructuretransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January issue describes a mid-December fuel run followed by a Christmas Eve effort in which James Kenwabikise used the Ruby Ann to break newly formed ice so the last fuel delivery could return safely.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper narrative of one delivery and icebreaking effort, not a complete winter fuel-supply or navigation log.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Breaking Ice for the Last Fuel Run."Reports Skip Duhamel's and James Kenwabikise's late-December icebreaking efforts so a final fuel run could reach Beaver Island during freezing weather. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the fuel-run report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Ruby Ann breaks Christmas Eve ice for Beaver Island fuel delivery”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-breaking-ice-fuel-run-december-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Breaking Ice for the Last Fuel Run." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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