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Mary Margaret

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TypeVessel
RigMail boat
WithinBeaver Island archipelago
ErasModern era
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Mail boat
Eras
Modern era
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Summary

The Mary Margaret is named in the November 1968 Beaver Beacon as the mail boat tied at the old Booth Fish Dock during the November 11, 1940 storm. As the water rose and the dock began to fail, its crew fired the boat and cast off to ride out the storm in the harbor.

Evidence and limits

This is a source-qualified vessel record. It does not establish registry, dimensions, owner, operator, or whether it is the same vessel as the separately qualified Mary Margaret named in the 1945 East Jordan FFA outing report.

See also

Sources

  1. A family member identified the Allers-owned Mary Margaret as the Charlevoix–Beaver Island mail boat from 1937 to 1948, which overlaps the 1940 storm reference. Because the forum thread also discusses later boats and similarly named Chippewa vessels, this is treated as a possible identity connection, not a resolved registry identification.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000441
  2. Names the Mary Margaret as the mail boat tied at the old Booth Fish Dock, says its crew fired it up and cast off to run out the storm in the harbor, and supplies no registry or technical details.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-11_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held seven-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 · 1968-11_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Margaret”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/mary-margaret-armistice-storm-1940/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Info on Leo Allard ran ferry boat Margaret Mary,” September 13–30, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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