- Dates
- 2011-08-15 – 2011-08
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimerecreationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 2011 Beacon profiles Mickey Lupa and Chris Jarvis, who left Mackinac Island on August 15 in two kayaks and reached Beaver Island’s east side the next day. Lisa Lange gave them a meal and a chance to shower before they continued toward the Manitous and Newport Beach, Wisconsin.
Evidence limits
The article documents the journey as reported while it was underway. It does not establish that the planned Wisconsin arrival occurred or provide a complete track of their route.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2011, feature on the Mackinac-to-Wisconsin kayak journey.Reports that Lupa and Jarvis left Mackinac Island on August 15 in two kayaks, reached Beaver Island's east side the next day, received help from Lisa Lange, and planned to continue through the Manitous and across to Newport Beach, Wisconsin. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the kayak-journey profile and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Two kayakers reach Beaver Island during a Mackinac-to-Wisconsin journey, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kayak-crossing-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2011, feature on the Mackinac-to-Wisconsin kayak journey. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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