Ernie Martin and Paul LaFreniere travel by snowmobile from Beaver Island to Naubinway, 1989

Also March 9 1989 Beaver Island Naubinway snowmobile trip

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TypeEvent

Date1989-03-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1989-03-09
Kind: Transportation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationrecreationseasonal-lifemaritimecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On March 9, 1989, Ernie Martin and Paul LaFreniere traveled by snowmobile across still-frozen Lake Michigan from Beaver Island to Naubinway and back.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective first-person-style newspaper account, not a route, ice-safety, weather, or vessel log.

Sources

“A Trip To Naubinway,” Beaver Beacon, April 1989.
Recounts the two men’s snowmobile trip over partly frozen Lake Michigan, including ice testing and the three-hour outbound and return legs. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Ernie Martin and Paul LaFreniere travel by snowmobile from Beaver Island to Naubinway, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-naubinway-snowmobile-trip-1989/, accessed [date], citing “A Trip To Naubinway,” Beaver Beacon, April 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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