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Gilchrist Steamship Company

Also Gilchrist Steamship Co. · Gilechrist Steamship Co.

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Summary

The held tragedy account identifies the Manhattan as a vessel of the Gilchrist Steamship Company. The raw Courier OCR spells the company “Gilechrist,” while the Beacon reprints use “Gilchrist”; this record preserves both forms and does not claim a complete corporate history.1

Open questions

  • What corporate or vessel records establish the company’s formal name, fleet, and dates?
  • Was the company’s Manhattan the same vessel identified in other Great Lakes records?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Held Courier and Beaver Beacon accounts of the December 14–15, 1900 Squaw Island light-crew tragedy. ↩

Sources

  1. Identifies the rescue steamer Manhattan as belonging to the Gilchrist Steamship Company.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-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 · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Charlevoix Courier, held OCR compilation of the “48 Years Ago Tragedy” account.
    The raw Courier OCR spells the company Gilechrist; the spelling conflict is retained rather than silently normalized. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie1231unse

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gilchrist Steamship Company”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/gilchrist-steamship-company-1900/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “48 Years Ago Tragedy Struck Squaw Island Light Crew; Lone Survivor Tells Story.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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