- Date
- 2014-03-08
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationcommunityheritageenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On March 8, 2014, Nick and Andrew Whitley and Andrew’s brother-in-law Paul were reported to have walked from Charlevoix to Beaver Island across the winter ice. Forum posts said the crossing took nearly thirteen hours and connected it to a Whitley family tradition previously documented in the 1963 Beaver Beacon.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporaneous community report with linked photographs and television coverage, not a route survey, ice-safety assessment, or independent travel log.
Sources
- Contemporaneous posts reported that Nick and Andrew Whitley and Paul, Drew Whitley's brother-in-law, reached the island after nearly thirteen hours and linked photographs and a 9&10 News story. The thread describes a family tradition but does not provide an ice-safety assessment, route survey, or independent travel log.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007241
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Three members of the Whitley family walk from Charlevoix to Beaver Island across the ice, 2014”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ice-walkers-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Ice Walkers," March 9–14, 2014..
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