- Date
- 1929-01-18
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- South Fox Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingmaritimeheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Herald reported that Archie Cross, Nelson Holland and Irving Nowland returned after four days and nights in a small launch following a South Fox fishing trip amid ice barriers and a sixty-mile gale.
Evidence and limits
Everything here comes from a page of the Charlevoix County Herald, 18 January 1929. Nothing in it has been checked against an agency or a vessel record.
HITE’S DRUG. STORE he - Some great Heater ‘bargains now at C. J. Malpass Hdwe. Co. ‘adv. Dog owners who. have not paid Sale ‘Continued Jan’y “ON ACCOUNT OF > THE BAD WEATHER, WE HAVE DECIDED TO. EXTEND OUR SALE THROUGH JANUARY. WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF GOOD WINTER MERCHANDISE OUT ON TABLES - FOR- -YOUR-— -INSPECTION. -EVERY-. . THING WITH A RED TICKET IS A REAL BAR: GAIN. Missing since. last Thursday when they. Jeft for South Fox Island on a fishing trip three Charlevoix men were safe at their-homes Tuesday after a struggle for four. days and nights in a-small Jaunch with ice barriers and“a 60-mile gale on Lake Michigan. The men, Archie Cross, Nelson Holland and Irving Nowland returned Monday afternoon .accom- guards ‘who started to search for tem at at the request of ‘relatives. <The.men had maintained @ constant watch for four days, and were forced to chop away t
Open questions
- Does a second source from 1929 report the same thing?
- Do the people or the vessel named here leave records of their own?
See also
Sources
- Fox corpus context SHA-256 d06ca4533e81a00dc1102cdd51ba5e73fd00b37bc2e55a6e514837d59a406553. The Herald reported that Archie Cross, Nelson Holland and Irving Nowland returned after four days and nights in a small launch following a South Fox fishing trip amid ice barriers and a sixty-mile gale. This record preserves reported or retrospective status and does not add unnamed participants, coordinates, or outcomes.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Charlevoix fishing party’s South Fox gale survival, 1929”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/charlevoix-fishers-survive-south-fox-gale-1929/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, 1929-01-18..
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