Name: McKee Sons and its pusher tug are documented at Sand Bay and on a January voyage, 2010–2011
Start: 2010-10
End: 2011-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2010-10 – 2011-01
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationcommerceweathercommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2010 Beacon described the self-unloading McKee Sons and its pusher tug sheltering in the lee of Beaver Island at Sand Bay after the late October storm. It also summarized the reported history and operating characteristics of the unusual Great Lakes freight pair.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper feature based on the reported vessel history; it is not a ship registry, voyage log, engineering survey, or independent identification of the tug’s current ownership.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 2010, "Off Sand Bay."
Reports the self-unloading McKee Sons and its pusher tug sheltering at Sand Bay and gives the vessels' reported conversion, ownership, dimensions, cargo capacity, and operating history. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 2010, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the maritime feature and photograph.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2011, "Our Old Friend."
Reports the Invincible and integrated barge McKee Sons leaving the Poe Lock on January 19 with iron ore after sheltering at Sand Bay, and records the season's Soo Locks traffic and maintenance context; it is a newspaper navigation feature, not a voyage log or independent ship registry. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 2011, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the maritime follow-up.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “McKee Sons and its pusher tug are documented at Sand Bay and on a January voyage, 2010–2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mckee-sons-sand-bay-feature-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2010, "Off Sand Bay." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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