- Date
- 1990-02-14
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Coast Guard Cutter Acacia visited Beaver Island on February 14, 1990, docked at St. James, offered ship tours, stayed overnight, and departed the next morning. The Beacon also described the vessel’s Great Lakes navigational-aid, search-and-rescue, icebreaking, weather, and fish-stocking roles.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper visit report and vessel-history summary; it does not establish every later assignment or duty performed by the cutter.
Sources
- Reports the cutter docking at St. James, giving tours, staying overnight, and its buoy-tender, lighthouse, search-and-rescue, icebreaking, weather, and fish-stocking duties. 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 · 1990-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-page February issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard Cutter Acacia visits Beaver Island, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-acacia-visit-february-14-1990/, accessed [date], citing “The Acacia Visits Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, February 27, 1990. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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