- Dates
- 2002-07-16 – 2002-07-18
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeeducationtransportationcommunitytourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The teaching schooner Denis Sullivan arrived at St. James Harbor on July 16, 2002, carrying six crew and sixteen teenage students on a five-day educational sail. The visit prompted discussion of arranging a future voyage for Beaver Island students.
Evidence limits
The article documents the visit and an early fundraising idea, not a later student voyage or completed charter.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2002, “A Schooner Appears, and Presents an Opportunity for Next Summer.”Reports the three-masted Denis Sullivan’s July 16 St. James Harbor visit with six crew and sixteen teenage students studying seamanship, marine biology, ecology, and history, and describes planning for a possible Beaver Island student voyage the following summer. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the schooner report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The teaching schooner Denis Sullivan visits Beaver Island and prompts a proposed student voyage in July 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-denis-sullivan-teaching-schooner-visit-july-16-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2002, “A Schooner Appears, and Presents an Opportunity for Next Summer.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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