- Dates
- 2004-08 – 2005-06
- Kind
- Transportation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationmaritimeshippingfamilytourismeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Thomas family bought a 48-foot Krogen North Sea trawler and began moving it from Seattle toward Beaver Island. By the January 2005 report, Bill Thomas had navigated 2,500 miles and planned to reach Beaver Island through the eastern seaboard, St. Lawrence, and Great Lakes in June.
Evidence limits
The article records a planned route and progress report; it does not establish the vessel’s eventual arrival or a complete log of the voyage.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Thomas Family travels from Coast to Coast."Reports the Thomas family''s purchase and movement of a 48-foot Krogen North Sea trawler from Seattle through Mexico, the Panama Canal, Florida, and a planned Great Lakes route to Beaver Island. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the travel report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Thomas family moves a trawler from Seattle toward Beaver Island, 2004–2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-thomas-family-trawler-voyage-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Thomas Family travels from Coast to Coast." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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