- Date
- 2004-12
- Kind
- Celebration
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingheritagecelebrationcommunity
- Within
- 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
- 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
- The held issue scan confirms the decorated-vessel report and photograph.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
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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