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German cruise ship Columbus makes its third Beaver Island visit in 1998

Also Columbus cruise ship Beaver Island visit · Destination Engineering

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TypeEvent
Dates1998-09-06 – 1998-09-26
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1998-09-06 – 1998-09-26
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Summary

The German cruise ship Columbus made its third Beaver Island visit in 1998. The newspaper described the ship’s four 90-passenger tenders and reported tourists coming ashore on September 6 and 26.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper feature and weather-column account, not a port log or passenger manifest.

Sources

  1. Describes the Columbus’s four 90-passenger tenders and their transfer from harbor anchorage to the designated dock, and later reports German and American tourists ashore on September 6 and 26. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1998-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the cruise-visit feature and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “German cruise ship Columbus makes its third Beaver Island visit in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-columbus-cruise-visit-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1998, “Destination Engineering.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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