- Date
- 1886-08-04
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Irish era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationtourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 5, 1886 Charlevoix Journal reported that the Friant carried a full complement of passengers on an excursion to Beaver Island the previous day.
Evidence and limits
This is a contemporary newspaper report of one excursion. It supplies no manifest, passenger count, fare, detailed itinerary, or independent vessel record.
Sources
- Charlevoix Journal, August 5, 1886, “Local Notes and News.”Reports that the Friant gave an excursion to Beaver Island the previous day and carried a full complement of passengers. It does not give a passenger count, itinerary, fare, or independent operating record. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Friant carries a full excursion from Charlevoix to Beaver Island, 1886”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/friant-beaver-island-excursion-1886-08-04/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Journal, August 5, 1886, “Local Notes and News.”.
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