- Date
- 2011-07-14
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimeaccidentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2011 Beacon reports that a small boat struck the Emerald Isle in the Pine River Channel on July 14, causing slight damage but no injuries. The ferry waited for the Coast Guard and arrived on Beaver Island at 9:00 p.m. after routine tests of its four-person crew.
Evidence limits
The account does not identify the other boat, describe the damage in detail, or provide an independent Coast Guard report.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "A Late Boat."Reports that a small boat struck the Emerald Isle in the Pine River Channel, causing slight damage and no injuries; the ferry waited for the Coast Guard, whose routine drug and alcohol tests of the four-person crew preceded its 9:00 p.m. arrival on Beaver Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the late-ferry account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A boat collision delays the Emerald Isle ferry on July 14, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-late-ferry-after-collision-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "A Late Boat." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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