- Date
- 1996-03
- Kind
- Rescue
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationemergency-managementweathercommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After delivering heating oil to Beaver Island, the buoy-tender Acacia became stuck on an ice formation during its return toward Charlevoix. The Coast Guard cutter Biscayne Bay came from St. Ignace and freed it.
Evidence limits
The Beacon account gives the operational narrative but not official vessel logs or exact coordinates.
Sources
- Reports the Acacia becoming stuck atop an ice “dome” near the mainland, the Coast Guard call to Biscayne Bay at St. Ignace, and Biscayne Bay’s easy dislodging of the buoy-tender before its two-hour return to Charlevoix. 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 · 1996-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the ice-rescue report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Biscayne Bay frees the icebound Acacia on its return from Beaver Island in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-biscayne-bay-rescues-acacia-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1996, “Biscayne Bay Ice Breaker ‘To the Rescue’ of the Acacia!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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