- Date
- 1966-04-29
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetourismtransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On April 29, 1966, Tom Loeb’s yacht Tim-Tom, carrying Tom and his son Tim, was reported as the first pleasure boat of Beaver Island’s season. It tied up at the Yacht Dock without difficulty finding space.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper seasonal boating notice, not a harbor log, passenger record, or complete account of the season’s traffic.
Sources
- Reports Tom Loeb’s yacht Tim-Tom, with Tom and his son Tim aboard, tying up at the Yacht Dock on Friday evening, April 29, as the first pleasure boat of the season. It does not provide a harbor log, passenger record, or complete boating-season account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Tim-Tom opens Beaver Island’s 1966 pleasure-boating season, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tim-tom-first-pleasure-boat-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Boating Season Starts.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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