- Date
- 1985-07-24
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentmaritimecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Greenpeace ketch Fri stopped overnight in St. James Harbor on July 24, 1985, during the organization’s summer campaign to educate the public and take direct action concerning Great Lakes environmental quality.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper account of a harbor stop and campaign context. It is not a complete vessel log or an independent account of the associated protest.
Sources
- Reports that Greenpeace’s 73-year-old ketch Fri stopped in St. James Harbor on July 24 during a summer campaign about Great Lakes environmental quality, after a protest concerning toxic-chemical dumping in the Tittabawassee River. It is a newspaper account of a harbor stop and campaign context, not a complete ship log or independent assessment of the protest. 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 · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the Greenpeace harbor-visit report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Greenpeace ketch Fri stops in St. James Harbor during Great Lakes campaign, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-greenpeace-fri-harbor-visit-1985/, accessed [date], citing Greenpeace Visits Beaver Island, Beaver Beacon, August–September 1985 (combined issue filed as August). (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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