Name: Coast Guard opens Beaver Island station for the navigation season, 1962
Start: 1962-05-04
End: 1962-05-04
Location: Saint James

Coast Guard opens Beaver Island station for the navigation season, 1962

Also May 4 · 1962 Beaver Island Coast Guard station opening

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Locator map: Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Date1962-05-04

WithinSaint James

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1962-05-04
Kind: Opening
Where: Saint James
Carried out by: Beaver Island Coast Guard station
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimeshippinggovernancecommunity
Within: Saint James

Summary

The May 1962 Beaver Beacon reported Coast Guardsmen arriving on May 4 to open the Beaver Island station in St. James for the navigation season.

Evidence and limits

This is a contemporary operational notice. It does not provide the station’s crew roster, official log, facilities record, or exact closing date.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1962, “Tourist Season Begins.”
Reports Coast Guardsmen arriving on May 4 to open the station in St. James for the navigation season. It does not provide a roster, station log, or exact seasonal operating period.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard opens Beaver Island station for the navigation season, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-station-opens-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1962, “Tourist Season Begins.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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