- Dates
- 1994-12 – 1996
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimeinfrastructureeconomypublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Transportation Authority reported a grant-funded plan for a larger, safer ferry and improved docks and terminals. The planned boat was described as carrying 300 passengers and 22 vehicles, compared with the then current 200-passenger, 9-to-10-vehicle capacity. By November 1995, construction of new facilities had temporarily moved the Boat Company’s Charlevoix operation to Ferry Beach on Lake Charlevoix.
Evidence limits
These are newspaper project and relocation reports, not a construction, delivery, bond, or final vessel record.
Sources
- Describes an estimated $3 million project, a $2.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant, $300,000 each from MDOT and Beaver Island Boat Company income, dock and terminal improvements, and a proposed ferry with 300 passengers and 22 vehicles, expected around 1996. 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 · 1994-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Transportation Authority report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1994-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that construction of new facilities temporarily relocated the Beaver Island Boat Company at Charlevoix’s Ferry Beach on Lake Charlevoix; it does not establish completion of the planned permanent facilities. 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 · 1995-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the temporary Charlevoix ferry-location notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Transportation Authority reports federal funding and plans for a larger ferry in 1994”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-ferry-transportation-authority-plan-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1994, “All You Ever Wanted to Know About . . . The New Boat!” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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