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Abbey III begins seasonal fishing and island excursion trips, 1958

Also 1958 Abbey III party boat · Richard Zielenski Beaver Island fishing trips

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TypeEvent
Date1958-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1958-06
Kind
Business
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
fishingtourismmaritimeeconomy
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1958 Beaver Beacon reports Richard Zielenski bringing the 23-foot Abbey III to Beaver Island for summer fishing trips and island excursions.

Evidence and limits

This is a seasonal business announcement. It does not provide a license, fare schedule, passenger log, or evidence that the planned trips operated.

Sources

  1. Reports Richard Zielenski bringing the 23-foot, eight-foot-beam Abbey III from Boynton Beach, Florida, for summer party-boat service, including fishing trips to Garden and Hog Islands and excursions to other islands. It does not provide a license, fare schedule, passenger log, or evidence that the planned trips operated. 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 · 1958-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the new boat-business announcement; it does not expand the vessel or operating record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Abbey III begins seasonal fishing and island excursion trips, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-abbey-iii-party-boat-business-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1958, “NEW BUSINESS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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