Name: Megan Cull carries six generations of Beaver Island seafaring into Coast Guard service in 1999
Start: 1999-12
End: 1999-12
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1999-12
Kind: Appointment
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: militaryheritagefamilytransportationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1999 Beaver Beacon profiles Ensign Megan Cull’s assignment to the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw and traces six generations of her family’s Great Lakes seafaring connections to Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper profile and family-history account; it does not add Coast Guard personnel records or independently verify every genealogical link.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 1999, “Six Generations of Seafarers Serve.”
Profiles Ensign Megan Cull’s Coast Guard assignment as Operations and Public Relations Officer aboard the Mackinaw and traces her Beaver Island maritime ancestry through Old Joe Left, the Link, Carl Left, Raymond Cull, Dennis Cull, and Megan. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1999, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the seafaring profile.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Megan Cull carries six generations of Beaver Island seafaring into Coast Guard service in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-megan-cull-coast-guard-mackinaw-assignment-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1999, “Six Generations of Seafarers Serve.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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