- Date
- 2003-09
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationheritagerecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The 26-foot Chippewa, a former Coast Guard and CMU fisheries-research craft, remained in active Island use in September 2003 for family cruises to Little Sand Bay and other scenic destinations.
Evidence limits
The article combines remembered vessel history with a contemporary cruise and is not a complete chain-of-custody record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “A Doughty Little Boat”.Profiles Bill Hirschey’s 26-foot Chippewa, its former CMU fisheries-research and Coast Guard/crib-tender history, repairs, construction, and an early-September Little Sand Bay cruise. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the October 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The historic Chippewa continues family cruises from Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-chippewa-boat-history-and-sail-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “A Doughty Little Boat”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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