- Rig
- Steam passenger and mail vessel
- Dates
- circa 1916 – circa 1917
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingtransportationheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1975 Beaver Tales continuation identifies the Columbia as the vessel that replaced the City of Boyne on the Beaver Island route. It names Charlie Roe as skipper and Pat O’Donnell as engineer and says the Columbia operated through most of 1917 before burning and sinking at a Charlevoix dock.
Evidence and limits
The vessel record follows a retrospective newspaper account. It preserves the reported succession and route connection without asserting an official registry, dimensions, or exact loss date.
Sources
- The retrospective says Columbia replaced City of Boyne, resembled it, and operated on the route through most of 1917 before burning and sinking at a Charlevoix dock. It names Charlie Roe as skipper and Pat O’Donnell as engineer but gives no registry, dimensions, or exact loss date. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the vessel-history account and reported loss.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Columbia”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/columbia-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1975, “Beaver Tales.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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