- Dates
- 1981-03-04 – 1981-03-06
- Kind
- Transportation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Beacon reports that the Coast Guard icebreaker Biscayne Bay opened Beaver Island’s frozen harbor on March 4, 1981, allowing American Girl to make a fuel run, and returned March 6 while escorting the fuel vessel back.
Evidence and limits
The source is a resident’s account and does not replace Coast Guard or vessel logs.
Sources
- Reports that after the harbor froze and island fuel ran short, Biscayne Bay arrived March 4 to break a path for American Girl to make a fuel run, then returned March 6 escorting the fuel vessel home. It is a community account, not a Coast Guard log or complete vessel movement 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 · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page combined March and April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the icebreaking report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Biscayne Bay breaks Beaver Island harbor ice for a fuel run, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-icebreaker-fuel-run-march-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island resident account, Beaver Beacon, March & April 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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