- Date
- 2012-01-27
- Kind
- Rescue
- Carried out by
- organization/united-states-coast-guard
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeemergency-managementtransportationweather
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 2012 Beaver Beacon reports that the Coast Guard assisted the ferry Huron and motor vessel Manistee through heavy ice near the Mackinac Bridge and Round Island Passage on January 27.
Evidence limits
The newspaper places the operation in the nearby straits and lake routes; this record does not assign a more precise coordinate than the source supports.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2012, "A nearby Coast Guard rescue."Reports the January 27 assistance of the ferry Huron, carrying 68 people, and the 676-foot motor vessel Manistee, carrying 18, through ice and the Round Island Passage under Operation Taconite. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held February issue scan confirms the nearby ice-rescue report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard assists two vessels in nearby ice, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-ice-rescues-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2012, "A nearby Coast Guard rescue." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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