- Date
- 1979-01
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationweathercommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1979 Beaver Beacon recounts visits by the tug American Viking, the dredge Three Brothers, and Coast Guard Cutter Sundew, including the dredge’s later sinking near Manistee.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper account, not a Coast Guard log, casualty file, vessel register, or salvage record.
Sources
- Reports the tug American Viking and towed suction dredge Three Brothers visiting Beaver Island, the crew’s island contacts and tour, the dredge’s later sinking near Manistee with no injuries reported, and the Coast Guard Cutter Sundew breaking harbor ice during a fuel-oil-related visit. It is a newspaper account, not a Coast Guard log, casualty file, vessel register, or salvage 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 · 1979-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the harbor-vessel account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “American Viking, Three Brothers, and Sundew visit Beaver Island harbor, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-january-1979-harbor-vessel-visits/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1979, “January — An Unexpected Bonus for Harbor Watchers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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