- Date
- 2017-10-12
- Kind
- Historical research
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimecoast-guardresearchpreservationhistory
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In October 2017, Rachel Teague asked Islanders to help document the history of the Chippewa, a 26-foot boat then being restored. She sought photographs of the Beaver Island Coast Guard station from the 1940s and 1950s that might show the boat or identify its Coast Guard registration number.
Evidence limits
This entry documents a preservation and research request, not a verified vessel chain of custody. The reported Coast Guard, DNR, and CMU history should be treated as a research lead pending independent vessel, Coast Guard, or institutional records.
Sources
- The post describes an effort to restore the 26-foot Chippewa and asks Islanders for 1940s–50s Coast Guard station photographs that might show the vessel or its Coast Guard number. It reports an unverified chain of use involving Coast Guard service, later DNR use, and Central Michigan University’s Biological Station; the author also reported that searches of Historical Society and Coast Guard records had not located the registration number.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012405
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Restoration researchers seek records of the Chippewa’s Coast Guard history, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-chippewa-restoration-research-2017/, accessed [date], citing Rachel Teague, “Request - Pictures of the Coast Guard Station 1940’s,” Beaver Island Forum, October 12–13, 2017..
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