- Dates
- 1909-06-03 – 1909-06-30
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern eraHistorical era
- Concepts
- heritagepublicationmaritimeconservation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 2009 Beacon reprinted June 1909 reports on the steamer Beaver, fish stocking and pound-net fishing, commercial-fishing licenses, visitors, and a rescue after nine-year-olds Kenneth Gallagher and Bertrand McDonough were carried offshore on a raft during a gale. The tug Violet effected the rescue.
Evidence limits
This is a 2009 reprint of older newspaper and diary material. It does not independently verify the original notices, rescue details, or transcription.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago."Reprints June 1909 notices about the Beaver’s daily service, fish stocking and fishing, inspectors and licenses, Island travel, and a two-boy raft rescue. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints June 1909 shipping, fisheries, and rescue notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-june-1909/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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