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Beaver Queen

Also Beaver Queen houseboat

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TypeVessel
RigHouseboat
Dates1980 – 2007
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Vessel
Rig
Houseboat
Dates
1980 – 2007
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimecommunitypropertymemory
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The forum preserves local memories of a houseboat named Beaver Queen, seen near Beaver Island docks in the 1980s. Participants identified Donald Cole as its owner in late 2005 and again in March 2007, when another participant said the houseboat remained on Beaver Island in the Cole family yard.

Evidence limits

No registry number, dimensions, builder, photographs, title record, or later operational outcome is held here. The 2007 discussion also distinguishes the Beaver Queen from another houseboat reportedly seen near the CMU Biological Station. The vessel is retained as a possible local maritime record and a lead for future identification, not as an established registry identity.

Sources

  1. A follow-up discussion identifies Donald Cole as the owner in March 2007 and says the houseboat remained on Beaver Island, in the Cole family yard. Another participant distinguished it from a different houseboat reportedly seen near the CMU Biological Station. The discussion contains conflicting recollections about earlier ownership and location; private telephone numbers are intentionally not reproduced.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000838
  2. A participant recalled seeing the houseboat near the Gallagher house south of Gillespie's dock in the 1980s, attributed ownership then to the Vertican family, and later asked about a possible sale. Replies identified Donald Cole as the then-owner and reported a plan to put the boat back in the water in summer 2006. These are community recollections and owner statements relayed in the forum, not a vessel registry, title record, survey, or independent ownership history.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000482

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Queen”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/beaver-queen/, accessed [date], citing South Shore, Gillespie, and Rose Cole, “Beaver Queen,” Beaver Island Forum, March 18–27, 2007. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-09. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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