- Date
- 1983-05-18
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1983 Beacon tentatively recorded a sailboat in Beaver Island harbor on May 18 and wondered whether it was the first of the season.
Evidence limits
No vessel name, owner, arrival log, or independent confirmation is supplied.
Sources
- The editor writes that a sailboat was seen in the harbor on May 18 and asks whether it was the first sailboat of the season. This is a tentative newspaper observation, not a harbor log, vessel identification, or complete seasonal-arrival record. 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 · 1983-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the harbor observation.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “First sailboat of the 1983 season is tentatively observed in Beaver Island harbor”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-sailboat-sighting-1983/, accessed [date], citing News Notes, Beaver Beacon, June 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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