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Unnamed Squaw Island Light-Crew Sailboat

Also 22-foot Squaw Island sailboat · unnamed light-crew boat

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TypeVessel
RigSailboat
Dates1900-12-14 – 1900-12-15
ErasModern era
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Vessel
Rig
Sailboat
Dates
1900-12-14 – 1900-12-15
Length
22 ft
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimeshippinglighthouses

Summary

The unnamed 22-foot sailboat carried the Squaw Island light crew south toward Beaver Island on December 14, 1900. A sudden squall capsized it, leaving the boat and two survivors adrift until the Manhattan rescued them the next morning.1

No name, builder, registry, hull material, or later disposition is supplied.

Open questions

  • Do lighthouse-service or maritime records identify the boat?
  • Was it owned by the light station, its keeper, or another service authority?

See also

Footnotes

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

Sources

  1. Describes the unnamed 22-foot sailboat launched by the five-person light crew and its capsizing in a sudden squall.
    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. Confirms the sailboat’s unnamed status, 22-foot length, route, capsizing, overnight drift, and survival account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eight-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 · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Unnamed Squaw Island Light-Crew Sailboat”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/squaw-island-light-crew-sailboat-1900/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “48 Years Ago Tragedy Struck Squaw Island Light Crew; Lone Survivor Tells Story.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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