Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingcommunitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island · Saint James Harbor
Summary
The March issue reported a planned March 9 visit by Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw with 2,000 gallons of gasoline for the County Road Commission. The April issue retrospectively says the vessel came on March 5 and records 27 inches of blue ice at the time.
Evidence and limits
The March notice is a plan, while the April notice reports the delivery as completed. The date discrepancy remains explicit rather than silently resolved.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 1962, “Snow Causes Problems.”Says Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw was planned to arrive at Beaver Harbor March 9 with 2,000 gallons of gasoline for the County Road Commission, because heavy snow and drifts had kept snowplows busy and island fuel stores were insufficient. The report records a plan, not a verified arrival.
- Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Coast Guard Ice Breaker Mackinaw.”Retrospectively reports that Mackinaw came to Beaver Island March 5 to deliver County Road Commission fuel and that the ice was measured at 27 inches of blue ice. The two issues preserve different March dates; the April report is the evidence for the completed delivery.