Name: Steve Libert visits Beaver Island amid competing interpretations of a possible Griffon artifact
Start: 2013-08
End: 2013-08
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2013-08
Kind: Observation
Participants: person/steve-libert
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: historymaritimeenvironmentcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2013 Beaver Beacon reports Steve Libert’s mid-August Beaver Island visit during research into a wooden artifact recovered near Poverty Island. Libert believed the 19-foot-6-inch piece could be the Griffon’s bowsprit; other researchers considered it a much older pound-net stake, and further testing was underway.

Evidence limits

The source explicitly presents competing interpretations and pending tests. This record does not identify the artifact as the Griffon’s bowsprit.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2013, "Steve Libert Visits."
Reports Libert's mid-August Beaver Island visit and competing interpretations of a 19-foot-6-inch wooden artifact recovered near Poverty Island as either a Griffon bowsprit or an old pound-net stake, with testing underway. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2013, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held September issue scan confirms the artifact-research report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Steve Libert visits Beaver Island amid competing interpretations of a possible Griffon artifact”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-steve-libert-griffon-artifact-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2013, "Steve Libert Visits." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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