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Summer 1979 Beaver Island boat-rescue reports

Also 1979 Hog Island and harbor boat rescues

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TypeEvent
Date1979-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1979-06
Kind
Rescue
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Summer 1979 issue reports several small-boat trouble and rescue incidents near Hog Island, Garden Island, the harbor point, and Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

These are community accounts, not Coast Guard incident files, salvage records, or complete vessel identifications.

Sources

  1. Reports Maurice Teeter stranded near Hog Island, Phil Gregg’s mistaken trip toward Garden Island and his own engine trouble, a Miller harbor rescue, and Josh Broder’s overturned sailboat. These are lightly reported community accounts, not Coast Guard incident files, salvage records, or complete vessel identifications. 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 · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page Summer 1979 issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the rescue notes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Summer 1979 Beaver Island boat-rescue reports”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-summer-1979-boat-rescues/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Summer 1979, boat-rescue notes. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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