Name: Beaver Island-connected sailors leave for Great Lakes work, 1965
Start: 1965-03-23
End: 1965-03-24
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1965-03-23 – 1965-03-24
Kind: Transportation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimemigrationeconomycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Archie Minor left Beaver Island on March 23, 1965, to join the Cal-oway in Milwaukee, and Don Burke left on March 24 for Detroit to sail on the Great Lakes, according to the April Beaver Beacon.

Evidence and limits

This is a community employment-and-travel notice, not a contract, vessel registry, or complete sailing history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1965, “Sailing, Sailing.”
Reports Archie Minor leaving March 23 to join his ship, the Cal-oway, in Milwaukee and Don Burke leaving March 24 for Detroit to sail on the Great Lakes. It does not provide employment contracts, vessel registries, or complete sailing histories.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1965, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected sailors leave for Great Lakes work, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-spring-lake-sailors-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1965, “Sailing, Sailing.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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