- Date
- 1988-07-27
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- The Shamrock
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimefishingfoodwayscommercetourismcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On July 27, 1988, the Shamrock served a fish boil for sailors arriving after the Chicago-to-Mackinac and Al Barkly Memorial races. The restaurant reported 98 fish-boil dinners, 75 regular dinners, and a harbor crowded with about 150 boats before running out of food late that evening.
Evidence limits
The report gives the restaurant’s counts and an approximate boat total; it does not provide a race roster or independently verified attendance count.
Sources
- Reports 98 fish-boil dinners and 75 regular-kitchen dinners served to a harbor fleet of about 150 boats after the Chicago-to-Mackinac and Al Barkly Memorial races; the restaurant ran out of food by 11:15 p.m. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the fish-boil report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Shamrock serves fish boil for the Al Barkly Memorial Race fleet, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-shamrock-al-barkly-fish-boil-1988/, accessed [date], citing Shamrock fish boil report, Beaver Beacon, August 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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