- Date
- 1971-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeheritagecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1971 holiday Beaver Beacon published Robert K. Gibson’s “Ode to the Mary Margaret,” a poem remembering the vessel’s freight and passenger service between Charlevoix and St. James.
Evidence and limits
This record documents a locally published cultural memory, not an independent vessel log or complete service history.
Sources
- Publishes Robert K. Gibson’s poem recalling the Mary Margaret’s freight and passenger service between Charlevoix and St. James and the Island families and maritime workers associated with it; it is a cultural publication, not a vessel log.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page holiday issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published poem.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon publishes “Ode to the Mary Margaret,” 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ode-to-mary-margaret-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1971, “Ode to the Mary Margaret.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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