Name: Beaver Islanders return to Great Lakes sailing and survey work, 1958
Start: 1958-05
End: 1958-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1958-05
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationmigrationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1958 Beaver Beacon reports Don Burke and Patrick LaFreniere Jr. back at sailing, with Burke aboard the Wilfred Sykes, Bob Malloy on the Williams U.S. Survey boat, and Don aboard the Calvin.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief employment and vessel-assignment notice. It does not provide employment records, voyage logs, complete identities, or operating schedules.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1958, “BACK AT SAILING.”
Reports Don Burke and Patrick LaFreniere Jr. back at sailing, Burke aboard the Wilfred Sykes for Inland Steel, Bob Malloy aboard the Williams U.S. Survey boat, and Don aboard the Calvin. It does not provide employment records, voyage logs, complete identities, or the vessels’ operating schedules. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the sailing assignments; it does not expand the maritime or employment record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders return to Great Lakes sailing and survey work, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-service-members-sailing-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1958, “BACK AT SAILING.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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