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Beaver Island Boat Company adds Labor Day ferry trip, 2009

Also Beaver Island Boat Company Labor Day extra trip 2009 · Beaver Island ferry September 7 2009

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TypeEvent
Dates2009-08-22 – 2009-09-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
2009-08-22 – 2009-09-07
Kind
Transportation announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Boat Company
Eras
Modern era
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transportationtourismcommunity
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Boat Company announced an additional Labor Day trip for September 7, 2009, departing Beaver Island at 2:20 p.m. and Charlevoix at 5:30 p.m. The Chamber later linked the added trip to increased traffic around the island marathon.

Evidence limits

This contemporaneous service notice establishes the published extra trip, but not whether it sailed, its passenger count, or any later schedule changes.

Sources

  1. The notice gave an additional September 7 departure from Beaver Island at 2:20 p.m. and from Charlevoix at 5:30 p.m.; a later chamber reply connected the extra trip with expected marathon traffic. It does not preserve a sailing log.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001855

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Boat Company adds Labor Day ferry trip, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ferry-extra-labor-day-trip-2009/, accessed [date], citing Sheri Timsak and Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce, “Labor Day -added boat trip,” Beaver Island Forum, August 22–28, 2009..

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