- Date
- 1998-01
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationtourismcelebrationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1998 report describes the Emerald Isle’s first trip into Charlevoix’s Pine River Channel. About 190 island people and friends traveled aboard; Charlevoix residents and fire engines greeted the ferry, and Captain Kevin McDonough completed the first link-up to the new dock facilities.
Evidence limits
The newspaper gives approximate passenger and witness counts but no manifest, date, or port-authority log.
Sources
- A community anniversary post marked ten years since the Emerald Isle's maiden voyage from St. James to Charlevoix. It corroborates the vessel's 1997 service milestone but does not replace company, Coast Guard, or port records.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t001010
- Reports about 190 island people and friends making the first Emerald Isle trip into Charlevoix’s Pine River Channel, a snow-squall reception with cheers and fire-engine water cannons, Captain Kevin McDonough’s first link-up to the new Charlevoix dock facilities, and roughly 500 witnesses. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1998-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Emerald Isle maiden-voyage report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1998-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Emerald Isle makes its first Charlevoix trip with 190 Beaver Island passengers in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-emerald-isle-maiden-voyage-charlevoix-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "M/V Emerald Isle Anniversary," December 4, 2007. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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