Name: USCGC Biscayne Bay clears the last harbor ice at Beaver Island, 2013
Start: 2013-04-03
End: 2013-04-03
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2013-04-03
Kind: Transportation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationmaritimeweatherinfrastructure
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 2013 Beaver Beacon and an April forum notice reported that the USCGC Biscayne Bay cleared the last harbor ice at Beaver Island on April 3, opening Paradise Bay to shipping and drawing crowds to the docks and sandbars.

Evidence limits

This preserves the newspaper’s cover-story report. It does not provide a Coast Guard log, ice measurements, or a complete account of the season’s navigation.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2013, "The Cover Shot: Opening the Paradise Bay."
Reports that the USCGC Biscayne Bay delighted island crowds on April 3 by pulverizing the last impediment to shipping and opening Paradise Bay navigation. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held May issue scan confirms the cover-story account.
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Beaver Island Forum, “Live Streaming Video,” April 3, 2013.
A contemporaneous notice reported live video of the USCGC Biscayne Bay entering Paradise Bay and breaking the remaining harbor ice, with on-demand video planned. It corroborates the operational event but does not replace a Coast Guard log.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “USCGC Biscayne Bay clears the last harbor ice at Beaver Island, 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-biscayne-bay-paradise-bay-opening-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2013, "The Cover Shot: Opening the Paradise Bay." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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