- Date
- 2003-04
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Two days after the Acacia opened the main channel, James “Jimmy Ken” Kenwabakisee used his boat to break a passage from his dock to the ferry channel. The Beacon described repeated ramming and backing maneuvers through the harbor ice before he and his companions made a celebratory circuit.
Evidence limits
This is a colorful newspaper feature, not a formal navigation or vessel log.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “James Kenwabakisee Breaks Out.”Reports Ken’s technique of ramming his boat onto the ice and backing away to build momentum, eventually reaching the channel and making a celebratory circle. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the May 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “James Kenwabakisee cuts a private harbor channel after the April 2003 ice opening”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-james-kenwabakisee-ice-channel-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2003, “James Kenwabakisee Breaks Out.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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