Name: Homeland Security fence erected around the Beaver Island ferry dock, Thanksgiving 2004
Start: 2004-11
End: 2004-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-11
Kind: Construction
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-managementinfrastructuretransportationcommunityconstruction
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Petoskey Fence erected a nearly $80,000 Homeland Security fence around Beaver Island’s ferry dock over Thanksgiving 2004. The article notes that the fence changed harbor views but was required by law and that correctly sized gates were expected shortly.

Evidence limits

The report does not identify the governing security requirement or document final gate installation.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum topic 499, "Homeland Security On Beaver Island by David Broder," December 6–9, 2005.
The discussion links David Broder's Washington Post column, reproduced in the NorthernIslander, and preserves community reactions to the ferry-dock fence and changed public access. It is commentary on the already completed installation, not a construction or security record.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000499
Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "The Fence is Erect."
Reports Petoskey Fence erecting the nearly $80,000 Homeland Security fence around the ferry dock over Thanksgiving, with gates still to arrive. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, December 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the security-fence report and photographs.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Homeland Security fence erected around the Beaver Island ferry dock, Thanksgiving 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ferry-dock-security-fence-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum topic 499, "Homeland Security On Beaver Island by David Broder," December 6–9, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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