September harbor report records charter service, boat-house, dock, and cabin work, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-09
Kind: Construction
Where: Saint James Harbor
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationcommerceconstructionhousingpropertycommunication
Within: Saint James Harbor

Summary

The September 1988 harbor report records a cluster of seasonal infrastructure and business changes: a proposed KARL J charter service, Beacon building winterization, a new boat house, a gas dock, log-cabin weatherization, and a large airplane hangar for the Rowleys’ amphibious aircraft.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper feature assembled from reported projects and plans, not a set of permits, deeds, vessel records, or completed inspections.

Sources

Changes around the harbor, Beaver Beacon, September 1988.
Reports John Erber's planned charter service on the KARL J; Beaver Beacon winterization; Ed Welter's boat-house replacement; a new Gillespie Oil and Transit gas dock; Erik Peterson's shingling and weatherization of a 1940 log cabin; and John and Pat Rowley's 44-by-60-foot airplane hangar. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-two-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the harbor changes report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “September harbor report records charter service, boat-house, dock, and cabin work, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbor-changes-and-new-charter-service-1988/, accessed [date], citing Changes around the harbor, Beaver Beacon, September 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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