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Beaver Island snowmobilers complete Naubinway ice crossing, 1979

Also 1979 Beaver Island Snowmobile Beat · Naubinway ice crossing

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TypeEvent
Date1979-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1979-02
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The February–March 1979 issue reports a late-winter 22-machine safari and a successful six-person round trip across the ice to Naubinway.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper account, not a route log, ice-safety record, incident register, or complete participant list.

Sources

  1. Reports Jerry Siudara’s late-February safari involving 22 machines and a completed six-person round trip across the ice to Naubinway after a failed first attempt. It is a newspaper account, not a route log, ice-safety record, incident register, or complete participant list. 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 · 1979-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page combined February–March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the snowmobile report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island snowmobilers complete Naubinway ice crossing, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-snowmobile-ice-crossing-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February–March 1979, “The Snowmobile Beat.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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