- Dates
- 2008-08-27 – 2008-09-03
- Kind
- Migration
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationeducationtourismcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island · place/lake-michigan
Summary
The French family aboard Filauvent spent nine days on Beaver Island during a planned five-year circumnavigation. They arrived on August 27, enjoyed the Community Center and the Island, and departed September 3 after weather disrupted their planned direct passage to Chicago.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper visitor profile, not a vessel log, immigration record, or independent account of the family’s full voyage.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "Destination: Paradise Bay — S/V Filauvent."Profiles Franck Asset, Nathalie Duplaix, and their children Tristan, Sarah, and Nathan, who arrived from France aboard Filauvent on August 27 during a planned five-year voyage and stayed nine days before sailing toward Chicago. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the sailing-visit feature.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “French family aboard Filauvent spends nine days on Beaver Island, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-filauvent-around-world-visit-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "Destination: Paradise Bay — S/V Filauvent." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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