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Beaver Island Coast Guard station closes for the 1965 season

Also 1965 Beaver Island Coast Guard station closure

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TypeEvent
Date1965-10-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1965-10-01
Kind
Closure
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Coast Guard station
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1965 Beaver Beacon reported that the Beaver Island Coast Guard station closed for the season on October 1. The report questioned the timing because the Great Lakes navigation season continued into November.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper closure notice and editorial concern. It does not provide official closure orders, staffing records, or rescue logs.

Sources

  1. Reports the station's October 1 seasonal closure and expresses concern about navigation and hunting traffic after the station departed; it does not provide station orders, staffing, or rescue logs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice; it does not expand the Coast Guard operating record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Coast Guard station closes for the 1965 season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-season-closure-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1965, “Coast Guard Moves Off.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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