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Beaver Islander begins double-run summer schedule, 1966

Also July 1966 Beaver Islander summer schedule

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Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Datecirca 1966-07
WithinSaint James Harbor
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
circa 1966-07
Kind
Transportation
Where
Saint James Harbor
Carried out by
Beaver Island Boat Company
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationmaritimetourism
Within
Saint James Harbor

Summary

The July 1966 Beaver Beacon reported capacity passenger and vehicle loads over the Fourth of July weekend as the Beaver Islander began its summer schedule of double runs.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper transportation report. It does not provide a voyage log, passenger manifest, or complete published schedule.

Sources

  1. Reports capacity passenger and vehicle loads over the Fourth of July weekend as the Beaver Islander began double summer runs; it does not provide a voyage log, passenger manifest, or complete published schedule.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published transportation report; it does not expand the vessel, passenger, or schedule claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islander begins double-run summer schedule, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-islander-double-runs-summer-schedule-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1966, “Summer Schedule.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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