Name: The Beacon corrects the Beaver Islander’s October departure time, 1962
Start: 1962-10
End: 1962-10
Location: Saint James Harbor

The Beacon corrects the Beaver Islander’s October departure time, 1962

Also 1962 Beaver Islander departure-time correction

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Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Date1962-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1962-10
Kind: Transportation
Where: Saint James Harbor
Carried out by: Beaver Islander
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1962 Beaver Beacon tells hunters that the Beaver Islander would leave St. James at 9:00 a.m., not the 8:00 a.m. time printed on the schedule.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper schedule correction. The issue does not include the full ferry timetable or explain the duration of the change.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1962, “Beaver Islander Schedule.”
Advises readers that the Beaver Islander leaves St. James at 9:00 a.m. rather than 8:00 a.m. shown on the printed schedule.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published schedule correction; it does not provide a complete replacement timetable.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon corrects the Beaver Islander’s October departure time, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ferry-schedule-change-october-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1962, “Beaver Islander Schedule.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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