Name: Coast Guard cutter Biscayne Bay breaks Beaver Island harbor ice, 1993
Start: 1993-04-02
End: 1993-04-03
Location: Beaver Island

Coast Guard cutter Biscayne Bay breaks Beaver Island harbor ice, 1993

Also 1993 Biscayne Bay Beaver Island visit

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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates1993-04-02 – 1993-04-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1993-04-02 – 1993-04-03
Kind: Transportation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationweathercommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay entered St. James Harbor on April 2, 1993, broke through heavy ice, and left Beaver Island the following day.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper arrival and community observation, not a Coast Guard log or ice survey.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1993, “AH, SPRING! ICE BROKEN MORE WAYS THAN ONE ...”
Reports the April 2 arrival of Biscayne Bay, approximately 20 Islanders boarding, ice nearly 30 inches thick, overnight mooring, and departure the next day. 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 · 1993-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1993, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page issue scan confirms the icebreaker report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard cutter Biscayne Bay breaks Beaver Island harbor ice, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-biscayne-bay-breaks-harbor-ice-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1993, “AH, SPRING! ICE BROKEN MORE WAYS THAN ONE ...” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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