- Dates
- 1890 – 1937
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimehistorycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2013 Beaver Beacon published a retrospective of Beaver Island transport history, tracing scheduled service from the 1890 mail contract through successive vessels and ferry operators into the 1930s.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper retrospective rather than a complete vessel registry or independent maritime history. Dates, ownership, and casualty details are preserved as reported and may require corroboration.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "A Few Words About the Island Ferries."Traces scheduled transport from the 1890 Peter Campbell contract through the Nellie, Erie L. Hackley, Beaver, City of Boyne, Columbia, Bruce, Irene, James E. Sanford, Ossian Bedell, Rambler, and Marold II, including reported losses and service changes. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April issue scan confirms the ferry-history retrospective.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon publishes a retrospective history of Beaver Island ferries”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ferries-history-retrospective-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "A Few Words About the Island Ferries." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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