Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingcommunity
- Within
- Saint James Harbor
Summary
Coast Guard tender Sundew came to Beaver Island on April 2, 1962, to open the harbor for ferry service. The report measured the remaining harbor ice at twelve inches or less in places.
Evidence and limits
The local report establishes the visit and stated purpose, but not the tender’s official registry or a complete icebreaking log.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1962, “Coast Guard Ice Breaker Mackinaw.”Reports Coast Guard tender Sundew coming on April 2 to open the harbor for ferry service, when the ice measured twelve inches or less in places. It supplies no official vessel number or harbor-work log.