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Sundew makes its annual Beaver Island ice-breaking trip, 1980

Also 1980 Sundew harbor icebreaking

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TypeEvent
Date1980-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1980-03
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Sundew made its late-March annual ice-breaking trip to Beaver Island; the issue also repeats an unconfirmed rumor of a possible Duluth transfer.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper observation and rumor, not a Coast Guard log or transfer order.

Sources

  1. Reports the Coast Guard cutter Sundew’s late-March annual ice-breaking visit, says mild weather made the job easy, and repeats a rumor that the cutter might be transferred to Duluth in the fall. It is a newspaper observation and rumor, not a Coast Guard log or transfer order. 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 · 1980-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Sundew report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sundew makes its annual Beaver Island ice-breaking trip, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sundew-final-icebreaking-trip-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1980, island observations. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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