- Dates
- 1968-02-21 – 1968-02-22
- Kind
- Transportation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationrecreationweatherhistorymaritime
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beacon’s retrospective reprint describes a 1968 snowmobile expedition from Beaver Island to Cross Village and back over winter ice, with stops near White Shoals and Gray’s Reef lights and difficult conditions on the route.
Evidence limits
This is a 1993 reprint of a 1968 newspaper narrative. It preserves the author’s account but does not independently verify the route, dates, or every incident.
Sources
- Reprints Gregg’s account of a winter snowmobile trip from Beaver Island through Garden, Hog, and Hat islands and White Shoals to Cross Village and back, including rough ice, the Mackinaw channel, and a coyote chase. 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 · 1993-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the retrospective reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon reprints a 1968 Beaver Island–Cross Village snowmobile crossing”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beaver-tales-snowmobile-crossing-1968-reprinted-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1993, “A History Lesson (Beacon — March 1968): Beaver Tales.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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