- Date
- 1987-12-26
- Kind
- Occurrence
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeinfrastructurecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On December 26, 1987, an approximately 80-year-old cottage traveled about 294 miles from Holland, Michigan, to Beaver Island on a barge. The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reports the tug-and-barge arrival, a temporary power loss, and the cottage’s later move ashore after telephone and electrical lines were relocated.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper narrative, not a vessel log, survey, building permit, or complete property and transport record.
Sources
- Reports an 80-year-old cottage transported 294 miles on a barge from Holland, Michigan, arriving December 26, 1987, after a tug-power problem and a difficult harbor landing; the cottage was then moved ashore after utility lines were relocated. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the cottage-arrival account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “An 80-year-old cottage arrives at Beaver Island by barge, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mystery-house-arrival-1987/, accessed [date], citing “The Mystery House,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
Last revised 2026-08-04. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.
BibTeX for “An 80-year-old cottage arrives at Beaver Island by barge, 1987”RIS for “An 80-year-old cottage arrives at Beaver Island by barge, 1987”