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Coast Guard crew returns to Beaver Island station, 1968

Also 1968 Beaver Island Coast Guard station commissioning

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1968-04
WithinSaint James
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
circa 1968-04
Kind
Transportation
Where
Saint James
Carried out by
Beaver Island Coast Guard station
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimeshippingcommunity
Within
Saint James

Summary

The April 1968 Beaver Beacon reported the seasonal return of the Coast Guard crew to the Beaver Island station. The named personnel were Chief J. B. Stevens, Ron Cox, Frank Hackett, Charles Ronquest, and Thomas Johnson.

Evidence and limits

The notice names the reported crew but supplies no official station roster, vessel assignment, duty log, or mission record.

Sources

  1. Names Chief J. B. Stevens, Ron Cox, Frank Hackett, Charles Ronquest, and Thomas Johnson as the year's returning station crew; it does not provide an official station roster, duty log, or mission record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published Coast Guard notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard crew returns to Beaver Island station, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-crew-return-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1968, “Coast Guards Return.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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