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Chris and Diane Hansen make their thirty-fifth cruising visit to Beaver Island, 2008

Also SV Gunkholer Paradise Bay 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-08
WithinBeaver Island · place/lake-michigan
ErasModern era
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2008-08
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Transportation
Eras
Modern era
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Summary

The September 2008 Beacon welcomed Chris and Diane Hansen on their thirty-fifth cruising visit to Beaver Island aboard Gunkholer. The profile describes their route through Lake Michigan and Green Bay, their planned Lake Superior cruise, and their long-standing use of Beaver Island as a stop for supplies, books, and shore visits.

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This is a newspaper feature and visitor profile, not a vessel log, complete route track, or independent account of every prior visit.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "Destination Paradise Bay."
    Profiles Chris and Diane Hansen’s thirty-fifth Beaver Island cruising visit aboard their Catalina 36 Gunkholer, their route from Whitehall through Wisconsin, Green Bay, Fayette, High Island, and St. James, and their annual Lake Superior plans. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the cruising profile.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Chris and Diane Hansen make their thirty-fifth cruising visit to Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gunkholer-cruising-visit-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "Destination Paradise Bay." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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