- Date
- 2006-10
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimepublic-servicetransportationmilitarycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 2006 Beacon reported a Coast Guard plan for 34 Great Lakes live-fire safety zones, including one intersecting six miles of the Beaver Island ferry route. The stated purpose was recurring practice with floating targets.
Evidence limits
This record preserves the newspaper’s notice; it does not establish the final rule, firing dates, coordinates, or whether exercises occurred.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Island Forum, “BIBCO Comments on Coat Gaurd Live Fire along ferry route,” September 18, 2006.BIBCO general manager Margo Marks was reported as commenting on the proposed live-fire activity along the ferry route. The thread preserves the local ferry operator’s contemporaneous public-facing response only through a reference to the Record-Eagle article; it does not preserve the article text or establish a formal company position beyond that report.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000742
- "Live Fire Zones," Beaver Beacon, October 2006.Reports announced Coast Guard plans for 34 Great Lakes safety zones, including one containing six miles of the Beaver Island ferry route, where crews would practice with M240-B automatic rifles two or three times each year. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the safety-zone report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard announces a Beaver Island ferry-route live-fire safety zone, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-live-fire-safety-zone-notice-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “BIBCO Comments on Coat Gaurd Live Fire along ferry route,” September 18, 2006. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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