- Date
- 1967-04-15
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Boat Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimeeconomy
- Within
- Saint James Harbor
Summary
The April 1967 Beaver Beacon reported the Beaver Islander’s first trip of the season, leaving Charlevoix on April 15 with a capacity load of freight. It said the crew had repainted the vessel and checked its equipment.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper ferry report. It does not provide a voyage log, passenger manifest, or complete maintenance record.
Sources
- Reports a capacity freight load leaving Charlevoix at 1 p.m. on April 15 and Captain Lawrence McDonough, John A. Gallagher, and Russell Green preparing the vessel; it does not provide a voyage log, passenger manifest, or complete fit-out record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published ferry report; it does not expand the source-specific voyage or vessel claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islander begins 1967 ferry season, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-islander-first-trip-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1967, “Beaver Islander Makes First Trip.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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