- Rig
- Gasoline fish boat
- Dates
- to 1914-06-15
- Owner
- Guy Lamphear · Jerome “Jerry” Yettaw
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- shippingmaritimeshipwrecksheritage
Summary
The Vega was a gasoline fish boat owned by Guy Lamphear and Jerry Yettaw. The held June 1914 accounts place it on a route from Charlevoix toward Saint James before it burned off Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
The sources do not provide a registry number, dimensions, construction details, home port, or exact final wreck position. “Gasoline fish boat” is preserved as the source’s description rather than expanded into a more specific vessel class.
Open questions
- What enrollment, registry, or vessel-inspection record identifies this Vega?
- What was Guy Lamphear’s relationship to the vessel and to the Yettaw family?
- Is the suspected submerged wreck still identifiable?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix Courier, June 17, 1914, “Boat burns off Beaver Island,” reprinted in the 2003 scrapbook section.Calls Vega a fish boat and names Guy Lamphear and Jerry Yettaw as owners; it says the boat left Charlevoix for Saint James with three men aboard. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Charlevoix County Herald, June 27, 1914, “Vega’s Loss Confirmed.”Calls Vega a gasoline boat and reports charred cabin wood from the burned vessel. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
Added 1 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Vega”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/vega-1914/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, June 17, 1914, “Boat burns off Beaver Island,” reprinted in the 2003 scrapbook section. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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