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The Cisco becomes Beaver Island’s Christmas “ghost ship”, 2004

Also The Cisco as Ghost Ship 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2004-12
Kind
Celebration
Eras
Modern era
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maritimeshippingheritagecelebrationcommunity
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Beaver Island

Summary

During the 2004 holiday season, the Cisco was decorated with multicolored lights at Welter Dock while being prepared for a spring relaunch. The Beacon treated the vessel as the year’s standout entry in the Island’s informal Christmas decorating contest.

Evidence limits

The account is a seasonal feature and does not document the vessel’s complete restoration or relaunch.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "The Cisco as Ghost Ship."
    Reports the Cisco decorated with multicolored lights at Welter Dock while being prepared for a spring relaunch. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the decorated-vessel report and photograph.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The Cisco becomes Beaver Island’s Christmas “ghost ship”, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cisco-christmas-ghost-ship-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "The Cisco as Ghost Ship." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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