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Beaver Island Boat Company announces a 1961 automobile ferry fare, 1961

Also 1961 Beaver Island automobile ferry fare

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TypeEvent
Date1961-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1961-02
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimetransportationeconomytourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1961 Beaver Beacon reported that automobile ferry rates for the coming season would be $10, with free passage for the driver and 50 pounds of baggage per person. Additional baggage would be charged as freight.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper fare announcement, not a complete tariff, ticket record, or proof of the final rate in operation.

Sources

  1. Reports Henry Allen saying that automobile ferry rates for the coming season would be $10 for a car, with free passage for the driver and 50 pounds of baggage per person; additional baggage would be charged as freight. It is a newspaper announcement, not a complete fare tariff or ticket record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported fare notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Boat Company announces a 1961 automobile ferry fare, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boat-company-automobile-fare-increase-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1961, Beaver Island Improvement Workshop report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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