- Date
- circa 1968-02
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationrecreationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
During a February 1968 expedition through otherwise inaccessible southern areas, Don Nelson’s World War II amphibious “Weasel” snow machine lost a track while crossing a frozen cranberry bog. The group walked back, leaving recovery of the vehicle pending.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper mishap report. It does not provide a vehicle serial number, exact location, or recovery record.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports Don Nelson's World War II amphibious tractor snow machine losing a track while crossing a frozen cranberry bog, forcing the group to walk back; it does not provide a vehicle serial number, exact location, or recovery record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published snow-machine report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island expedition strands a World War II Weasel snow machine, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weasel-snow-machine-trip-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1968, “Weasel Tracks.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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