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Ruby Ann breaks Christmas Eve ice for Beaver Island fuel delivery

Also Breaking Ice for the Last Fuel Run 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-12-24
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2004-12-24
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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

  1. 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
  2. The held issue scan confirms the fuel-run report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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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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