- Date
- circa 1908-04
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimehistorycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2008 Beaver Beacon reprinted April 1908 notices that the steamer Beaver was being fitted out, Lake Michigan navigation had opened after the ice disappeared, and the vessel had begun Island trips. A later notice gave a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule through June 1.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted historical newspaper account, not the original vessel log, navigation notice, schedule sheet, or independent weather and ice record. The date is indexed only to approximately April 1908.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago," reprinting April 1908 Charlevoix Courier and Sentinel notices.Reprints notices that the steamer Beaver was being fitted out, that Lake Michigan navigation opened after the ice disappeared, that Beaver made its first Island trip, and that regular Monday, Wednesday, and Friday trips were planned until June 1. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April issue scan confirms the reprinted historical notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Navigation opens and the steamer Beaver resumes Island trips, 1908”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-navigation-opens-1908/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago," reprinting April 1908 Charlevoix Courier and Sentinel notices. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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