Name: Beaver Island Coast Guard station opens for the 1966 navigation season
Start: 1966-05-09
End: 1966-05-09
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1966-05-09 – circa 1966-12
Kind: Opening
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Coast Guard station
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Coast Guard station, a sub-unit of the Charlevoix station, opened for the navigation season on May 9, as reported in the May 1966 issue. The May Beaver Beacon listed Robert Baker as officer in charge along with Richard H. Ross, Donald R. Dundas, Charles E. Feyers, and Steven W. Anonen.

Evidence and limits

The issue says the station would remain open through the navigation season. This is a newspaper report, not an official station log or complete personnel record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Coast Guard Returns.”
Reports the Beaver Island sub-unit of the Charlevoix station opening May 9 for the season and lists Robert Baker, Richard H. Ross, Donald R. Dundas, Charles E. Feyers, and Steven W. Anonen. The printed year in the notice is ambiguous against the 1966 issue context; it says the station would remain open through the navigation season but does not provide official station logs or complete personnel records.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held ten-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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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Coast Guard station opens for the 1966 navigation season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-station-opens-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Coast Guard Returns.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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