- Date
- 2009-09
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeheritagetransportationeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 2009 Beaver Beacon published Mike Weede’s history of the Great Lakes sailing vessel Live Yankee, including its construction, cargo service, wooden shipbuilding materials, and the hazards faced by nineteenth-century lake shipping.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper historical feature, not an independent vessel register, wreck investigation, or complete account of the ship’s career.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2009, "The Live Yankee."Mike Weede's feature describes the vessel's construction after the Civil War, Great Lakes grain and fruit shipping, wooden shipbuilding materials, and the risks of late-season sailing. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held September issue scan confirms the maritime-history feature and vessel photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon publishes a history of the Great Lakes sailing vessel Live Yankee, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-live-yankee-maritime-history-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2009, "The Live Yankee." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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