Name: Beaver Islanders observe the Canadian icebreaker Samuel Risley off Sand Bay in 2013
Start: 2013-07
End: 2013-07
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2013-07
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 2013 Beaver Beacon reports that the 228-foot Canadian icebreaker Samuel Risley was seen off Sand Bay in mid-July.

Evidence limits

The brief item records an observation from Beaver Island; it does not establish a port call or the ship’s purpose in the area.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 2013, "Canada Pays a Call."
Reports that the 228-foot Canadian icebreaker Samuel Risley was seen off the shore of Sand Bay in mid-July. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held August issue scan confirms the icebreaker sighting.
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Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders observe the Canadian icebreaker Samuel Risley off Sand Bay in 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-samuel-risley-visit-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2013, "Canada Pays a Call." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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