- Date
- circa 1973-07
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Russell J. “Russ” Green (captain)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Boat Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingtourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
When the Beaver Islander was laid up for a week with a failed clutch, the Beaver Island Boat Company chartered the former Emerald Isle from the Arnold Line. Captain Russ Green brought the smaller, slower ferry back from Mackinac Island and restored service.
Evidence and limits
The report gives an operational emergency but no repair invoice, charter contract, exact dates, or later disposition of either vessel.
Sources
- Reports that a Beaver Islander clutch breakdown caused a week of repairs, after which the Boat Company chartered the former Emerald Isle from the Arnold Line; Captain Russ Green brought it back from Mackinac Island and returned it to the run. It does not give exact repair dates, charter terms, or a later vessel disposition.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-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 · 1973-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Emergency return of the Emerald Isle to Beaver Island service, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/emergency-return-of-emerald-isle-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “Emerald Isle Returns.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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BibTeX for “Emergency return of the Emerald Isle to Beaver Island service, 1973”RIS for “Emergency return of the Emerald Isle to Beaver Island service, 1973”