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Gertrude K trapnet boat is moved to Beaver Island Marine Museum, 1992

Also Gertrude K Marine Museum move

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TypeEvent
Date1992-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1992-03
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Construction
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

Volunteers moved the 42-foot fishing boat Gertrude K to the Beaver Island Marine Museum in March 1992, placing it on prepared footings for display.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper completion report, not a vessel registry, engineering record, or museum accession file.

Sources

  1. Reports volunteers Jim Wojan, Johnnie Gillespie, Melvin Napont, Jack Erber, and Joe McDonough moving the 42-foot trapnet boat Gertrude K from the Kenwabikisse yard to prepared footings at the Marine Museum. 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 · 1992-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page issue scan confirms the boat-placement report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gertrude K trapnet boat is moved to Beaver Island Marine Museum, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-gertrude-k-marine-museum-placement-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1992, “GERTRUDE ON THE MOVE.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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